Jeremiah 3:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.”

Jeremiah 3:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 3:911 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/הָיָה֙wəhāyāh

beaconconjH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

מִ/קֹּ֣לmiqōl

bleatingpronH6963

aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···

זְנוּתָ֔/הּzənwtāh

whoredomnounH2184

וַ/תֶּחֱנַ֖ףwateḥĕnap

corruptconjH2610

defile · greatly · pollute · profane

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הָ/אָ֑רֶץhāʾāreṣ

earthparticleH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

וַ/תִּנְאַ֥ףwatinəʾap

adultererconjH5003

commit adultery · woman that breaketh wedlock

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הָ/אֶ֖בֶןhāʾeben

(chalk-particleH68

carbuncle · mason · plummet · hail- ···

וְ/אֶתwəʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)conjH853

הָ/עֵֽץhāʿēṣ

gallowsparticleH6086

carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···

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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