Jeremiah 5:31 — King James Version← Study notes

“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

prophecyparticleH5030

that prophesy · prophet

נִבְּא֣וּnibəʾw

prophesyverbH5012

make self a prophet

בַ/שֶּׁ֗קֶרbašeqer

without a causepronH8267

deceit · false(-hood · -ly) · feignedly ···

וְ/הַ/כֹּהֲנִים֙wəhakōhăniym

chief rulerconjH3548

own · priest · prince · principal officer

יִרְדּ֣וּyirədw

(come toverbH7287

make to) have dominion · prevail against · reign · (bear ···

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

יְדֵי/הֶ֔םyədēyhem

handnounH3027

about · armholes · at · axletree ···

וְ/עַמִּ֖/יwəʿamiy

peopleconjH5971

men · nation · people

אָ֣הֲבוּʾāhăbw

love(-dverbH157

-ly · -r) · like · friend

כֵ֑ןkēn

-wardadvH3651

after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···

וּ/מַֽהwmah

how (longconjH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

תַּעֲשׂ֖וּtaʿăśw

accomplishverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

לְ/אַחֲרִיתָֽ/הּləʾaḥăriytāh

(lastpronH319

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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