Jeremiah 6:27 — King James Version← Study notes

“I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.”

Jeremiah 6:27 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 6:278 words

HebrewMeaning

בָּח֛וֹןbāḥwōn

towernounH969

נְתַתִּ֥י/ךָnətatiykā

addverbH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

בְ/עַמִּ֖/יbəʿamiy

peoplepronH5971

men · nation · people

מִבְצָ֑רmibəṣār

(de-nounH4013

most) fenced · fortress · strong

וְ/תֵדַ֕עwətēdaʿ

acknowledgeconjH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

וּ/בָחַנְתָּ֖wbāḥanətā

examineconjH974

prove · tempt · try

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

דַּרְכָּֽ/םdarəkām

alongnounH1870

away · because of · by · conversation ···

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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