“Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the Lord our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.”
Jeremiah 8:14 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Jeremiah 8:1421 words
HebrewMeaning
עַלʿal
concerningpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
מָה֙māh
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
אֲנַ֣חְנוּʾănaḥənw
are weprepH587
us · we
יֹֽשְׁבִ֔יםyōšəbiym
sittingverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
הֵֽאָסְפ֗וּhēʾāsəpw
gather yourselvesverbH622
bring · consume · destroy · felch ···
וְ/נָב֛וֹאwənābwōʾ
so we may goconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֶלʾel
intopronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
עָרֵ֥יʿārēy
the cities ofnounH5892
city · court · town
הַ/מִּבְצָ֖רhamibəṣār
fortificationparticleH4013
most) fenced · fortress · strong
וְ/נִדְּמָהwənidəmāh
so we may perishconjH1826
be cut down · forbear · hold peace · quiet self ···
שָּׁ֑םšām
thereadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
כִּי֩kiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יְהוָ֨הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֱלֹהֵ֤י/נוּʾĕlōhēynw
God ournounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
הֲדִמָּ֨/נוּ֙hădimānw
he has silenced usverbH1826
be cut down · forbear · hold peace · quiet self ···
וַ/יַּשְׁקֵ֣/נוּwayašəqēnw
and he has given to drink usconjH8248
give to · let · make to) drink · drown ···
מֵיmēy
water ofnounH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
רֹ֔אשׁrōʾš
poisonnounH7219
hemlock · poison · venom
כִּ֥יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
חָטָ֖אנוּḥāṭāʾnw
we have sinnedverbH2398
cleanse · commit · by fault · harm he hath done ···
לַ/יהוָֽהlayhwāh
to YahwehpronH3068
the Lord. Compare
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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