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Jeremiah 4:30 — King James Version← Study notes

And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.


Jeremiah 4:30Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 4:3023 words
HebrewMeaning
ו/אתיwʾty
theeconjH859
thou · ye · you
וְ/אַ֨תְּwəʾatə
theeconjH859
thou · ye · you
שָׁד֜וּדšādwd
deadverbH7703
destroy · oppress · robber · spoil ···
מַֽהmah
how (longparticleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
תַּעֲשִׂ֗יtaʿăśiy
accomplishverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
כִּֽיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
תִלְבְּשִׁ֨יtiləbəšiy
apparelverbH3847
arm · array · clothe · come upon ···
שָׁנִ֜יšāniy
crimsonnounH8144
scarlet
כִּיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
תַעְדִּ֣יtaʿədiy
adornverbH5710
deck · pass by · take away
עֲדִיʿădiy
mouthnounH5716
excellent · ornament
זָהָ֗בzāhāb
goldnounH2091
fair weather
כִּֽיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
תִקְרְעִ֤יtiqərəʿiy
cut outverbH7167
rend · surely · tear
בַ/פּוּךְ֙bapwkə
fair colourspronH6320
glistering · paint
עֵינַ֔יִ/ךְʿēynayikə
eyenounH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
לַ/שָּׁ֖וְאlašāwəʾ
falsepronH7723
lie · lying · vain · vanity
תִּתְיַפִּ֑יtitəyapiy
be beautifulverbH3302
be fair · deck
מָאֲסוּmāʾăsw
abhorverbH3988
cast away · contemn · despise · disdain ···
בָ֥/ךְbākə
pron
עֹגְבִ֖יםʿōgəbiym
doteverbH5689
lover
נַפְשֵׁ֥/ךְnapəšēkə
anynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
יְבַקֵּֽשׁוּyəbaqēšw
askverbH1245
beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···
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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