Jeremiah 34:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.”

Jeremiah 34:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 34:1621 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/תָּשֻׁ֨בוּ֙watāšubw

and you turned backconjH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

וַ/תְּחַלְּל֣וּwatəḥaləlw

and you profanedconjH2490

defile · break · defile · eat ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

שְׁמִ֔/יšəmiy

name mynounH8034

base · named · renown · report

וַ/תָּשִׁ֗בוּwatāšibw

and you took backconjH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

אִ֤ישׁʾiyš

everyonenounH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

עַבְדּ/וֹ֙ʿabədwō

male slave hisnounH5650

bondage · servant · servant

וְ/אִ֣ישׁwəʾiyš

and everyoneconjH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

שִׁפְחָת֔/וֹšipəḥātwō

female slave hisnounH8198

hand-) maid(-en · -servant) · wench · bondwoman ···

אֲשֶׁרʾăšer

whomparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

שִׁלַּחְתֶּ֥םšilaḥətem

you had let goverbH7971

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

חָפְשִׁ֖יםḥāpəšiym

free peopleadjH2670

liberty

לְ/נַפְשָׁ֑/םlənapəšām

to desire theirpronH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

וַ/תִּכְבְּשׁ֣וּwatikəbəšw

and you subjugatedconjH3533

force · keep under · subdue · bring into subjection

אֹתָ֔/םʾōtām

themparticleH853

לִֽ/הְי֣וֹתlihəywōt

to becomepronH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

לָ/כֶ֔םlākem

pron

לַ/עֲבָדִ֖יםlaʿăbādiym

male slavespronH5650

bondage · servant · servant

וְ/לִ/שְׁפָחֽוֹתwəlišəpāḥwōt

and female slavesconjH8198

hand-) maid(-en · -servant) · wench · bondwoman ···

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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