Hebrew Interlinear

Jeremiah 16:12 Interlinear

worse And ye have done than your fathers ye walk every one after the imagination heart of his evil that they may not hearken

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְאַתֶּ֛םH859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
2הֲרֵעֹתֶ֥םH7489worseproperly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e., bad (physically, socially or morally)
3לַעֲשׂ֖וֹתH6213And ye have doneto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
4מֵאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑םH1than your fathersfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
5וְהִנְּכֶ֣םH2005lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if
6הֹלְכִ֗יםH1980ye walkto walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
7אִ֚ישׁH376every onea man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
8אַֽחֲרֵי֙H310afterproperly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
9שְׁרִר֣וּתH8307the imaginationobstinacy
10לִבּֽוֹH3820heartthe heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
11הָרָ֔עH7451of his evilbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
12לְבִלְתִּ֖יH1115properly, a failure of, i.e., (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because n
13שְׁמֹ֥עַH8085that they may not hearkento hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
14אֵלָֽי׃H413near, with or among; often in general, to

Verse Context

Jeremiah 16:11Then shalt thou say have forsaken unto them Because your fathers...
Jeremiah 16:12 (current) worse And ye have done than your fathers ye walk every one after the imagination heart of his evil that they may not hearken
Jeremiah 16:13Therefore will I cast into a land ...

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