“The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?”
Jeremiah 8:9 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Jeremiah 8:911 words
HebrewMeaning
הֹבִ֣ישׁוּhōbiyšw
they will be put to shameverbH954
make · bring to · cause · put to ···
חֲכָמִ֔יםḥăkāmiym
wise peopleadjH2450
subtil · wise · man)
חַ֖תּוּḥatw
they will be dismayedverbH2865
affright · be afraid · amaze · beat down ···
וַ/יִּלָּכֵ֑דוּwayilākēdw
and they have been capturedconjH3920
at all · be frozen · be holden · stick together ···
הִנֵּ֤הhinēh
there!particleH2009
lo · see
בִ/דְבַרbidəbar
the word ofpronH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
יְהוָה֙yəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
מָאָ֔סוּmāʾāsw
they have rejectedverbH3988
cast away · contemn · despise · disdain ···
וְ/חָכְמַֽתwəḥākəmat
and wisdom ofconjH2451
wisdom · wisely · wit
מֶ֖הmeh
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
לָ/הֶֽםlāhem
pron
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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