Hebrew Interlinear
Jeremiah 10:3 Interlinear
“ For the customs of the people are vain a tree out of the forest for one cutteth the work of the hands of the workman with the axe”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | כִּֽי | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 2 | חֻקּ֥וֹת | H2708 | For the customs | a statute |
| 3 | הָֽעַמִּ֖ים | H5971 | of the people | a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock |
| 4 | הֶ֣בֶל | H1892 | are vain | emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb |
| 5 | ה֑וּא | H1931 | he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo | |
| 6 | כִּֽי | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 7 | עֵץ֙ | H6086 | a tree | a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) |
| 8 | מִיַּ֣עַר | H3293 | out of the forest | a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees) |
| 9 | כְּרָת֔וֹ | H3772 | for one cutteth | to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutt |
| 10 | מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה | H4639 | the work | an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property |
| 11 | יְדֵ֥י | H3027 | of the hands | a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v |
| 12 | חָרָ֖שׁ | H2796 | of the workman | a fabricator or any material |
| 13 | בַּֽמַּעֲצָֽד׃ | H4621 | with the axe | an axe |
Verse Context
Jeremiah 10:2 Thus saith the LORD not the way for the heathen...
Jeremiah 10:3 (current) For the customs of the people are vain a tree out of the forest for one cutteth the work of the hands of the workman with the axe
Jeremiah 10:4it with silver and with gold They deck it with nails and with hammers they fasten...