“Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.”
Jeremiah 8:5 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Jeremiah 8:511 words
HebrewMeaning
מַדּ֨וּעַmadwʿa
why?particleH4069
wherefore · why
שׁוֹבְבָ֜הšwōbəbāh
has it turned awayverbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
הָ/עָ֥םhāʿām
the peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
הַ/זֶּ֛הhazeh
thisparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םyərwšālaim
JerusalemnounH3389
מְשֻׁבָ֣הməšubāh
apostasynounH4878
turning away
נִצַּ֑חַתniṣaḥat
enduringverbH5329
chief musician · oversee · set forward
הֶחֱזִ֨יקוּ֙heḥĕziyqw
they have kept holdverbH2388
amend · calker · catch · cleave ···
בַּ/תַּרְמִ֔יתbatarəmiyt
on deceitfulnesspronH8649
privily
מֵאֲנ֖וּmēʾănw
they have refusedverbH3985
utterly
לָ/שֽׁוּבlāšwb
to returnpronH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
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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