“For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.”
Jeremiah 4:22 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Jeremiah 4:2218 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אֱוִ֣ילʾĕwiyl
is a fooladjH191
עַמִּ֗/יʿamiy
people mynounH5971
men · nation · people
אוֹתִ/י֙ʾwōtiy
meparticleH853
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָדָ֔עוּyādāʿw
they knowverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
בָּנִ֤יםbāniym
are childrennounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
סְכָלִים֙səkāliym
foolsnounH5530
sottish
הֵ֔מָּהhēmāh
theyprepH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
נְבוֹנִ֖יםnəbwōniym
are having understandingverbH995
consider · be cunning · diligently · direct ···
הֵ֑מָּהhēmāh
theyprepH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
חֲכָמִ֥יםḥăkāmiym
are skillfuladjH2450
subtil · wise · man)
הֵ֨מָּה֙hēmāh
theyprepH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
לְ/הָרַ֔עləhāraʿ
to do evilpronH7489
associate selves (by mistake for
וּ/לְ/הֵיטִ֖יבwləhēyṭiyb
and to do goodconjH3190
amend · use aright · benefit · be better ···
לֹ֥אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָדָֽעוּyādāʿw
they knowverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
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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