Jeremiah 3:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.”

Jeremiah 3:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 3:824 words

HebrewMeaning

וָ/אֵ֗רֶאwāʾēreʾ

and I sawconjH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

כִּ֤יkiy

thatconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

עַלʿal

onpronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

כָּלkāl

allnounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

אֹדוֹת֙ʾōdwōt

causesnounH182

concerning · sake

אֲשֶׁ֤רʾăšer

thatparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

נִֽאֲפָה֙niʾăpāh

she committed adulteryverbH5003

commit adultery · woman that breaketh wedlock

מְשֻׁבָ֣הməšubāh

the apostate onenounH4878

turning away

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyiśərāʾēl

IsraelnounH3478

שִׁלַּחְתִּ֕י/הָšilaḥətiyhā

I sent away herverbH7971

any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···

וָ/אֶתֵּ֛ןwāʾetēn

and I gaveconjH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

סֵ֥פֶרsēper

the document ofnounH5612

book · evidence · learn · letter ···

כְּרִיתֻתֶ֖י/הָkəriytuteyhā

divorce hernounH3748

אֵלֶ֑י/הָʾēleyhā

to herpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

וְ/לֹ֨אwəlōʾ

and notconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יָֽרְאָ֜הyārəʾāh

she was afraidverbH3372

be afraid · dread · fear(-ful · -fully ···

בֹּֽגֵדָ֤הbōgēdāh

treacherousverbH898

unfaithfully) · offend · transgress · treacherous (dealer ···

יְהוּדָה֙yəhwdāh

JudahnounH3063

אֲחוֹתָ֔/הּʾăḥwōtāh

sister hernounH269

sister · together

וַ/תֵּ֖לֶךְwatēlekə

awayconjH3212

again · bear · bring · carry ···

וַ/תִּ֥זֶןwatizen

and she acted as a prostituteconjH2181

continually · great · (be an · play the) harlot ···

גַּםgam

alsoparticleH1571

alike · also · as · both ...and ···

הִֽיאhiyʾ

sheprepH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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