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Jeremiah 4:23 — King James Version← Study notes

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.


Jeremiah 4:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 4:2310 words
HebrewMeaning
רָאִ֨יתִי֙rāʾiytiy
advise selfverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָ/אָ֔רֶץhāʾāreṣ
earthparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
וְ/הִנֵּהwəhinēh
beholdconjH2009
lo · see
תֹ֖הוּtōhw
confusionnounH8414
empty place · without form · nothing · nought ···
וָ/בֹ֑הוּwābōhw
emptinessconjH922
void
וְ/אֶלwəʾel
aboutconjH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִםhašāmayim
heavenparticleH8064
astrologer · heaven
וְ/אֵ֥יןwəʾēyn
elseconjH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
אוֹרָֽ/םʾwōrām
brightnounH216
clear · day · light · morning ···
Words 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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