Jeremiah 4:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.”

Jeremiah 4:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 4:314 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּיkiy

andconjH3588

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

כֹ֣הkōh

alsoadvH3541

here · + hitherto · like · on the other side ···

אָמַ֣רʾāmar

answerverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

יְהֹוָ֗הyəhōwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

לְ/אִ֤ישׁləʾiyš

manpronH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

יְהוּדָה֙yəhwdāh

JudahnounH3063

וְ/לִ/יר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םwəliyrwšālaim

JerusalemconjH3389

נִ֥ירוּniyrw

break upverbH5214

לָ/כֶ֖םlākem

pron

נִ֑ירniyr

fallow groundnounH5215

plowing · tillage

וְ/אַֽלwəʾal

nayconjH408

neither · never · no · nor ···

תִּזְרְע֖וּtizərəʿw

bearverbH2232

conceive seed · set with sow · yield

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

קוֹצִֽיםqwōṣiym

thornnounH6975

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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