“They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.”
Jeremiah 5:28 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Jeremiah 5:2816 words
HebrewMeaning
שָׁמְנ֣וּšāmənw
they have become fatverbH8080
wax) fat
עָשְׁת֗וּʿāšətw
they have become smoothverbH6245
think
גַּ֚םgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
עָֽבְר֣וּʿābərw
they have transgressedverbH5674
alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···
דִבְרֵיdibərēy
matters ofnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
רָ֔עrāʿ
eviladjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
דִּ֣יןdiyn
a causenounH1779
judgement · plea · strife
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
דָ֔נוּdānw
they have pleadedverbH1777
דִּ֥יןdiyn
the cause ofnounH1779
judgement · plea · strife
יָת֖וֹםyātwōm
the fatherlessnounH3490
orphan
וְ/יַצְלִ֑יחוּwəyaṣəliyḥw
so they may have successconjH6743
come · go over · be good · be meet ···
וּ/מִשְׁפַּ֥טwmišəpaṭ
and the justice ofconjH4941
adversary · charge · crime · custom ···
אֶבְיוֹנִ֖יםʾebəywōniym
needy peopleadjH34
needy · poor
לֹ֥אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
שָׁפָֽטוּšāpāṭw
they have judgedverbH8199
avenge · that condemn · defend · execute ···
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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