Hebrew Interlinear

Jeremiah 16:4 Interlinear

deaths of grievous They shall die they shall not be lamented neither shall they be buried but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth by the sword and by famine and they shall be consumed and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven and for the beasts of the earth

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1מְמוֹתֵ֨יH4463deathsa mortal disease; concretely, a corpse
2תַחֲלֻאִ֜יםH8463of grievousa malady
3יָמֻ֗תוּH4191They shall dieto die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
4לֹ֤אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
5יִסָּֽפְדוּ֙H5594they shall not be lamentedproperly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as middle easterners do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail
6וְלֹ֣אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
7יִקָּבֵ֔רוּH6912neither shall they be buriedto inter
8לְדֹ֛מֶןH1828but they shall be as dungmanure
9עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
10פְּנֵ֥יH6440upon the facethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
11הָאֲדָמָ֖הH127of the earthsoil (from its general redness)
12יִֽהְי֑וּH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
13וּבַחֶ֤רֶבH2719by the sworddrought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
14וּבָֽרָעָב֙H7458and by faminehunger (more or less extensive)
15יִכְל֔וּH3615and they shall be consumedto end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
16וְהָיְתָ֤הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
17נִבְלָתָם֙H5038and their carcasesa flabby thing, i.e., a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol
18לְמַאֲכָ֔לH3978shall be meatan eatable (including provender, flesh and fruit)
19לְע֥וֹףH5775for the fowlsa bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
20הַשָּׁמַ֖יִםH8064of heaventhe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
21וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥תH929and for the beastsproperly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
22הָאָֽרֶץ׃H776of the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Verse Context

Jeremiah 16:3 For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons...
Jeremiah 16:4 (current)deaths of grievous They shall die they shall not be lamented neither shall they be buried but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth by the sword and by famine and they shall be consumed and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven and for the beasts of the earth
Jeremiah 16:5 For thus saith the LORD Enter...

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