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Jeremiah 51:11 — King James Version← Study notes

Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple.


Jeremiah 51:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 51:1121 words
HebrewMeaning
הָבֵ֣רוּhābērw
make brightverbH1305
choice · chosen · cleanse · clearly ···
הַ/חִצִּים֮haḥiṣiym
arrowparticleH2671
archer · dart · shaft · staff ···
מִלְא֣וּmiləʾw
accomplishverbH4390
confirm · consecrate · be at an end · be expired ···
הַ/שְּׁלָטִים֒hašəlāṭiym
shieldparticleH7982
הֵעִ֣ירhēʿiyr
wake(-nverbH5782
up) · lift up · master · raise ···
יְהוָ֗הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
ר֨וּחַ֙rwḥa
airnounH7307
anger · blast · breath · cool ···
מַלְכֵ֣יmaləkēy
kingnounH4428
royal
מָדַ֔יmāday
MadainounH4074
Medes · Media
כִּֽיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
בָּבֶ֥לbābel
BabelnounH894
Babylon
מְזִמָּת֖/וֹməzimātwō
devicenounH4209
discretion · intent · witty invention · lewdness ···
לְ/הַשְׁחִיתָ֑/הּləhašəḥiytāh
batterpronH7843
cast off · corrupt(-er · thing) · destroy(-er ···
כִּֽיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
נִקְמַ֤תniqəmat
revengenounH5360
avenge · vengeance
יְהוָה֙yəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
הִ֔יאhiyʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
נִקְמַ֖תniqəmat
revengenounH5360
avenge · vengeance
הֵיכָלֽ/וֹhēykālwō
palacenounH1964
temple
Words 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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