Jeremiah 8:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“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

howparticleH4069

wherefore · why

שׁוֹבְבָ֜הšwōbəbāh

((breakverbH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

הָ/עָ֥םhāʿām

peopleparticleH5971

men · nation · people

הַ/זֶּ֛הhazeh

heparticleH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םyərwšālaim

JerusalemnounH3389

מְשֻׁבָ֣הməšubāh

backslidingnounH4878

turning away

נִצַּ֑חַתniṣaḥat

excelverbH5329

chief musician · oversee · set forward

הֶחֱזִ֨יקוּ֙heḥĕziyqw

aidverbH2388

amend · calker · catch · cleave ···

בַּ/תַּרְמִ֔יתbatarəmiyt

deceitpronH8649

privily

מֵאֲנ֖וּmēʾănw

refuseverbH3985

utterly

לָ/שֽׁוּבlāšwb

((breakpronH7725

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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