Jeremiah 46:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.”

Jeremiah 46:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 46:208 words

HebrewMeaning

עֶגְלָ֥הʿegəlāh

is a heifernounH5697

cow · heifer

יְפֵֽהyəpēh

beautifullyadjH3304

פִיָּ֖הpiyāh

beautifuladjH3304

מִצְרָ֑יִםmiṣərāyim

EgyptnounH4714

Egyptians · Mizraim

קֶ֥רֶץqereṣ

a gadflynounH7171

מִ/צָּפ֖וֹןmiṣāpwōn

from the northpronH6828

side · -ward · wind)

בָּ֥אbāʾ

is about to comeverbH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

בָֽאbāʾ

is about to comeverbH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

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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