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Jeremiah 7:18 — King James Version← Study notes

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 7:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 7:1820 words
HebrewMeaning
הַ/בָּנִ֞יםhabāniym
sonparticleH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
מְלַקְּטִ֣יםməlaqəṭiym
gatherverbH3950
glean
עֵצִ֗יםʿēṣiym
gallowsnounH6086
carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···
וְ/הָֽ/אָבוֹת֙wəhāʾābwōt
fatherconjH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
מְבַעֲרִ֣יםməbaʿăriym
be brutishverbH1197
bring (put · take) away · burn · eat ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָ/אֵ֔שׁhāʾēš
burningparticleH784
fiery · fire · flaming · hot
וְ/הַ/נָּשִׁ֖יםwəhanāšiym
womanconjH802
each · every · female · many ···
לָשׁ֣וֹתlāšwōt
kneadverbH3888
בָּצֵ֑קbāṣēq
doughnounH1217
flour
לַ/עֲשׂ֨וֹתlaʿăśwōt
accomplishpronH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
כַּוָּנִ֜יםkawāniym
cakenounH3561
לִ/מְלֶ֣כֶתliməleket
queenpronH4446
הַ/שָּׁמַ֗יִםhašāmayim
heavenparticleH8064
astrologer · heaven
וְ/הַסֵּ֤ךְwəhasēkə
coverconjH5258
melt · offer · pour · set
נְסָכִים֙nəsākiym
covernounH5262
drink offering · molten image
לֵ/אלֹהִ֣יםlēʾlōhiym
GodpronH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
אֲחֵרִ֔יםʾăḥēriym
other manadjH312
following · next · strange
לְמַ֖עַןləmaʿan
because ofpronH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
הַכְעִסֵֽ/נִיhakəʿisēniy
be angryverbH3707
be grieved · take indignation · provoke (to anger · unto wrath) ···
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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