“The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.”
Jeremiah 7:18 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Jeremiah 7:1820 words
HebrewMeaning
הַ/בָּנִ֞יםhabāniym
the childrenparticleH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
מְלַקְּטִ֣יםməlaqəṭiym
are gatheringverbH3950
glean
עֵצִ֗יםʿēṣiym
woodnounH6086
carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···
וְ/הָֽ/אָבוֹת֙wəhāʾābwōt
and the fathersconjH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
מְבַעֲרִ֣יםməbaʿăriym
are kindlingverbH1197
bring (put · take) away · burn · eat ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָ/אֵ֔שׁhāʾēš
the fireparticleH784
fiery · fire · flaming · hot
וְ/הַ/נָּשִׁ֖יםwəhanāšiym
and the womenconjH802
each · every · female · many ···
לָשׁ֣וֹתlāšwōt
are kneadingverbH3888
בָּצֵ֑קbāṣēq
doughnounH1217
flour
לַ/עֲשׂ֨וֹתlaʿăśwōt
to makepronH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
כַּוָּנִ֜יםkawāniym
cakesnounH3561
לִ/מְלֶ֣כֶתliməleket
for the queen ofpronH4446
הַ/שָּׁמַ֗יִםhašāmayim
the heavensparticleH8064
astrologer · heaven
וְ/הַסֵּ֤ךְwəhasēkə
and they are pouring outconjH5258
melt · offer · pour · set
נְסָכִים֙nəsākiym
drink offeringsnounH5262
drink offering · molten image
לֵ/אלֹהִ֣יםlēʾlōhiym
to godspronH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
אֲחֵרִ֔יםʾăḥēriym
otheradjH312
following · next · strange
לְמַ֖עַןləmaʿan
so aspronH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
הַכְעִסֵֽ/נִיhakəʿisēniy
to provoke to anger meverbH3707
be grieved · take indignation · provoke (to anger · unto wrath) ···
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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