Jeremiah 4:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the Lord.”

Jeremiah 4:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 4:1710 words

HebrewMeaning

כְּ/שֹׁמְרֵ֣יkəšōmərēy

bewardpronH8104

be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···

שָׂדַ֔יśāday

countrynounH7704

field · ground · land · soil ···

הָי֥וּhāyw

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

עָלֶ֖י/הָʿāleyhā

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

מִ/סָּבִ֑יבmisābiyb

(placepronH5439

round) about · circuit · compass · on every side

כִּיkiy

andconjH3588

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

אֹתִ֥/יʾōtiy

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

מָרָ֖תָהmārātāh

bitterverbH4784

change · be disobedient · disobey · grievously ···

נְאֻםnəʾum

saidnounH5002

saith

יְהוָֽהyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

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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