“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 51:11 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Jeremiah 51:1121 words
HebrewMeaning
הָבֵ֣רוּhābērw
sharpenverbH1305
choice · chosen · cleanse · clearly ···
הַ/חִצִּים֮haḥiṣiym
the arrowsparticleH2671
archer · dart · shaft · staff ···
מִלְא֣וּmiləʾw
fillverbH4390
confirm · consecrate · be at an end · be expired ···
הַ/שְּׁלָטִים֒hašəlāṭiym
the shieldsparticleH7982
הֵעִ֣ירhēʿiyr
he has rousedverbH5782
up) · lift up · master · raise ···
יְהוָ֗הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
ר֨וּחַ֙rwḥa
the spirit ofnounH7307
anger · blast · breath · cool ···
מַלְכֵ֣יmaləkēy
the kings ofnounH4428
royal
מָדַ֔יmāday
MedianounH4074
Medes · Media
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
נִקְמַ֤תniqəmat
is the vengeance ofnounH5360
avenge · vengeance
יְהוָה֙yəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
הִ֔יאhiyʾ
itprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
נִקְמַ֖תniqəmat
the vengeance ofnounH5360
avenge · vengeance
הֵיכָלֽ/וֹhēykālwō
temple hisnounH1964
temple
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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