“The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?”
Jeremiah 5:31 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Jeremiah 5:3113 words
HebrewMeaning
הַ/נְּבִיאִ֞יםhanəbiyʾiym
the prophetsparticleH5030
that prophesy · prophet
נִבְּא֣וּnibəʾw
they have prophesiedverbH5012
make self a prophet
בַ/שֶּׁ֗קֶרbašeqer
with falsehoodpronH8267
deceit · false(-hood · -ly) · feignedly ···
וְ/הַ/כֹּהֲנִים֙wəhakōhăniym
and the priestsconjH3548
own · priest · prince · principal officer
יִרְדּ֣וּyirədw
they are rulingverbH7287
make to) have dominion · prevail against · reign · (bear ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
יְדֵי/הֶ֔םyədēyhem
hands theirnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
וְ/עַמִּ֖/יwəʿamiy
and people myconjH5971
men · nation · people
אָ֣הֲבוּʾāhăbw
they have lovedverbH157
-ly · -r) · like · friend
כֵ֑ןkēn
thusadvH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
וּ/מַֽהwmah
and what?conjH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
תַּעֲשׂ֖וּtaʿăśw
will you doverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
לְ/אַחֲרִיתָֽ/הּləʾaḥăriytāh
to end itspronH319
latter) end · hinder -most · length · posterity ···
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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