Jeremiah 5:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God.”

Jeremiah 5:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 5:413 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/אֲנִ֣יwaʾăniy

IconjH589

me · mine · myself · we ···

אָמַ֔רְתִּיʾāmarətiy

answerverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

אַךְʾakə

alsoparticleH389

in any wise · at least · but · certainly ···

דַּלִּ֖יםdaliym

leanadjH1800

needy · poor · weaker

הֵ֑םhēm

itprepH1992

like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···

נוֹאֲל֕וּnwōʾălw

doteverbH2973

be (become · do) foolish

כִּ֣יkiy

andconjH3588

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

לֹ֤אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יָדְעוּ֙yādəʿw

acknowledgeverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

דֶּ֣רֶךְderekə

alongnounH1870

away · because of · by · conversation ···

יְהוָ֔הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

מִשְׁפַּ֖טmišəpaṭ

ceremonynounH4941

adversary · charge · crime · custom ···

אֱלֹהֵי/הֶֽםʾĕlōhēyhem

GodnounH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

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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