“Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.”
Jeremiah 51:58 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Jeremiah 51:5821 words
HebrewMeaning
כֹּֽהkōh
thusadvH3541
here · + hitherto · like · on the other side ···
אָמַ֞רʾāmar
he saysverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
צְבָא֗וֹתṣəbāʾwōt
of hostsnounH6635
army · battle · company · host ···
חֹ֠מוֹתḥōmwōt
the walls ofnounH2346
walled
בָּבֶ֤לbābel
BabylonnounH894
Babylon
הָֽ/רְחָבָה֙hārəḥābāh
broadparticleH7342
large · at liberty · proud · wide
עַרְעֵ֣רʿarəʿēr
utterlyverbH6209
break · raise up · utterly
תִּתְעַרְעָ֔רtitəʿarəʿār
it will be demolishedverbH6209
break · raise up · utterly
וּ/שְׁעָרֶ֥י/הָwšəʿāreyhā
and gates itsconjH8179
door · gate · port
הַ/גְּבֹהִ֖יםhagəbōhiym
highparticleH1364
height · high · lofty · proud ···
בָּ/אֵ֣שׁbāʾēš
with firepronH784
fiery · fire · flaming · hot
יִצַּ֑תּוּyiṣatw
they will be kindledverbH3341
be desolate · set fire · kindle
וְ/יִֽגְע֨וּwəyigəʿw
and they may laborconjH3021
labour · weary
עַמִּ֧יםʿamiym
peoplesnounH5971
men · nation · people
בְּ/דֵיbədēy
for the sufficiency ofpronH1767
according to · after · among · as ···
רִ֛יקriyq
emptinessnounH7385
to no purpose · vain · vanity
וּ/לְאֻמִּ֥יםwləʾumiym
and peoplesconjH3816
people
בְּ/דֵיbədēy
for the sufficiency ofpronH1767
according to · after · among · as ···
אֵ֖שׁʾēš
firenounH784
fiery · fire · flaming · hot
וְ/יָעֵֽפוּwəyāʿēpw
and they grow wearyconjH3286
cause to fly · weary
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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