Jeremiah 40:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The Lord thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.”

Jeremiah 40:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 40:215 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יִּקַּ֥חwayiqaḥ

acceptconjH3947

bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···

רַבrab

abound(-undancenounH7227

-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···

טַבָּחִ֖יםṭabāḥiym

cooknounH2876

guard

לְ/יִרְמְיָ֑הוּləyirəməyāhw

JeremiahpronH3414

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

אֵלָ֔י/וʾēlāyw

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

אֱלֹהֶ֗י/ךָʾĕlōheykā

GodnounH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

דִּבֶּר֙diber

answerverbH1696

appoint · bid · command · commune ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הָ/רָעָ֣הhārāʿāh

adversityparticleH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

הַ/זֹּ֔אתhazōʾt

hereby (-inparticleH2063

-with) · it · likewise · the one (other ···

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

הַ/מָּק֖וֹםhamāqwōm

countryparticleH4725

home · open · place · room ···

הַ/זֶּֽהhazeh

heparticleH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

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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