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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1כִּֽיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2חֻקּ֥וֹתH2708For the customsa statute
3הָֽעַמִּ֖יםH5971of the peoplea people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
4הֶ֣בֶלH1892are vainemptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
5ה֑וּאH1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
6כִּֽיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
7עֵץ֙H6086a treea tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
8מִיַּ֣עַרH3293out of the foresta copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
9כְּרָת֔וֹH3772for one cuttethto cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutt
10מַעֲשֵׂ֥הH4639the workan action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
11יְדֵ֥יH3027of the handsa 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
12חָרָ֖שׁH2796of the workmana fabricator or any material
13בַּֽמַּעֲצָֽד׃H4621with the axean 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...

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