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Jeremiah 51:39 — King James Version← Study notes

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 51:39Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 51:3914 words
HebrewMeaning
בְּ/חֻמָּ֞/םbəḥumām
heatpronH2527
to be hot
אָשִׁ֣יתʾāšiyt
applyverbH7896
appoint · array · bring · consider ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
מִשְׁתֵּי/הֶ֗םmišətēyhem
banquetnounH4960
drank · drink · feast · -ing)
וְ/הִשְׁכַּרְתִּי/ם֙wəhišəkarətiym
drinkconjH7937
(be · make) drunk · be merry. (Superlative of
לְמַ֣עַןləmaʿan
because ofpronH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
יַעֲלֹ֔זוּyaʿălōzw
be joyfulverbH5937
rejoice · triumph
וְ/יָשְׁנ֥וּwəyāšənw
oldconjH3462
remain long · sleep
שְׁנַתšənat
sleepnounH8142
עוֹלָ֖םʿwōlām
alwaynounH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָקִ֑יצוּyāqiyṣw
ariseverbH6974
wake · watch
נְאֻ֖םnəʾum
saidnounH5002
saith
יְהוָֽהyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
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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