Jeremiah 47:7 — King James Version← Study notes

“How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.”

Jeremiah 47:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 47:712 words

HebrewMeaning

אֵ֣יךְʾēykə

howparticleH349

what

תִּשְׁקֹ֔טִיtišəqōṭiy

appeaseverbH8252

idleness · (at · be at · be in ···

וַֽ/יהוָ֖הwayhwāh

LORDconjH3068

the Lord. Compare

צִוָּהṣiwāh

appointverbH6680

bid · charge · (give a · give in ···

לָ֑/הּlāh

pron

אֶֽלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

אַשְׁקְל֛וֹןʾašəqəlwōn

AshkelonnounH831

Askalon

וְ/אֶלwəʾel

aboutconjH413

according to · after · against · among ···

ח֥וֹףḥwōp

coastnounH2348

haven · shore · side

הַ/יָּ֖םhayām

sea ( -faring manparticleH3220

) · south · west (-ern · side ···

שָׁ֥םšām

in itadvH8033

thence · there (-in · of · out) ···

יְעָדָֽ/הּyəʿādāh

agreeverbH3259

appoint(-ment · a time) · assemble · betroth ···

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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