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Jeremiah 8:3 — King James Version← Study notes

And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the Lord of hosts.


Jeremiah 8:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 8:319 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/נִבְחַ֥רwənibəḥar
acceptableconjH977
appoint · choose · excellent · join ···
מָ֨וֶת֙māwet
deadnounH4194
death · die
מֵֽ/חַיִּ֔יםmēḥayiym
alivepronH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
לְ/כֹ֗לləkōl
all (mannerpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַ/שְּׁאֵרִית֙hašəʾēriyt
that had escapedparticleH7611
be left · posterity · remain · remnant ···
הַ/נִּשְׁאָרִ֔יםhanišəʾāriym
leaveparticleH7604
left · let · remain · remnant ···
מִןmin
abovepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
הַ/מִּשְׁפָּחָ֥הhamišəpāḥāh
familyparticleH4940
kind
הָֽ/רָעָ֖הhārāʿāh
adversityparticleH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
הַ/זֹּ֑אתhazōʾt
hereby (-inparticleH2063
-with) · it · likewise · the one (other ···
בְּ/כָלbəkāl
all (mannerpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַ/מְּקֹמ֤וֹתhaməqōmwōt
countryparticleH4725
home · open · place · room ···
הַ/נִּשְׁאָרִים֙hanišəʾāriym
leaveparticleH7604
left · let · remain · remnant ···
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
הִדַּחְתִּ֣י/םhidaḥətiym
banishverbH5080
bring · cast down · chase · compel ···
שָׁ֔םšām
in itadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
נְאֻ֖םnəʾum
saidnounH5002
saith
יְהוָ֥הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
צְבָאֽוֹתṣəbāʾwōt
appointed timenounH6635
army · battle · company · host ···
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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