Jeremiah 5:26 — King James Version← Study notes

“For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.”

Jeremiah 5:26 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 5:2611 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּיkiy

andconjH3588

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

נִמְצְא֥וּniməṣəʾw

befallverbH4672

be able · being · catch · certainly ···

בְ/עַמִּ֖/יbəʿamiy

peoplepronH5971

men · nation · people

רְשָׁעִ֑יםrəšāʿiym

guiltyadjH7563

condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong

יָשׁוּר֙yāšwr

beholdverbH7789

lay wait · look · observe · perceive ···

כְּ/שַׁ֣ךְkəšakə

appeasepronH7918

assuage · make to cease · pacify · set

יְקוּשִׁ֔יםyəqwšiym

fowlernounH3353

snare

הִצִּ֥יבוּhiṣiybw

appointedverbH5324

deputy · erect · establish · Huzzah ···

מַשְׁחִ֖יתmašəḥiyt

corruptionnounH4889

destroy · destruction · trap · utterly

אֲנָשִׁ֥יםʾănāšiym

mannounH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

יִלְכֹּֽדוּyiləkōdw

catchverbH3920

at all · be frozen · be holden · stick together ···

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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