“In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the Lord.”
Jeremiah 51:39 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Jeremiah 51:3914 words
HebrewMeaning
בְּ/חֻמָּ֞/םbəḥumām
heatpronH2527
to be hot
אָשִׁ֣יתʾāšiyt
I will makeverbH7896
appoint · array · bring · consider ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
מִשְׁתֵּי/הֶ֗םmišətēyhem
feast theirnounH4960
drank · drink · feast · -ing)
וְ/הִשְׁכַּרְתִּי/ם֙wəhišəkarətiym
and I will make drunk themconjH7937
(be · make) drunk · be merry. (Superlative of
לְמַ֣עַןləmaʿan
so thatpronH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
יַעֲלֹ֔זוּyaʿălōzw
they may celebrateverbH5937
rejoice · triumph
וְ/יָשְׁנ֥וּwəyāšənw
and they will sleepconjH3462
remain long · sleep
שְׁנַתšənat
a sleep ofnounH8142
עוֹלָ֖םʿwōlām
perpetuitynounH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָקִ֑יצוּyāqiyṣw
they will awakeverbH6974
wake · watch
נְאֻ֖םnəʾum
the utterance ofnounH5002
saith
יְהוָֽהyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
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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