Jeremiah 8:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“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

(beverbH954

make · bring to · cause · put to ···

חֲכָמִ֔יםḥăkāmiym

cunningadjH2450

subtil · wise · man)

חַ֖תּוּḥatw

abolishverbH2865

affright · be afraid · amaze · beat down ···

וַ/יִּלָּכֵ֑דוּwayilākēdw

catchconjH3920

at all · be frozen · be holden · stick together ···

הִנֵּ֤הhinēh

beholdparticleH2009

lo · see

בִ/דְבַרbidəbar

wordpronH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

יְהוָה֙yəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

מָאָ֔סוּmāʾāsw

abhorverbH3988

cast away · contemn · despise · disdain ···

וְ/חָכְמַֽתwəḥākəmat

skilfulconjH2451

wisdom · wisely · wit

מֶ֖הmeh

how (longparticleH4100

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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