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
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | מְמוֹתֵ֨י | H4463 | deaths | a mortal disease; concretely, a corpse |
| 2 | תַחֲלֻאִ֜ים | H8463 | of grievous | a malady |
| 3 | יָמֻ֗תוּ | H4191 | They shall die | to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill |
| 4 | לֹ֤א | H3808 | not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | |
| 5 | יִסָּֽפְדוּ֙ | H5594 | they shall not be lamented | properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as middle easterners do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail |
| 6 | וְלֹ֣א | H3808 | not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | |
| 7 | יִקָּבֵ֔רוּ | H6912 | neither shall they be buried | to inter |
| 8 | לְדֹ֛מֶן | H1828 | but they shall be as dung | manure |
| 9 | עַל | H5921 | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | |
| 10 | פְּנֵ֥י | H6440 | upon the face | the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi |
| 11 | הָאֲדָמָ֖ה | H127 | of the earth | soil (from its general redness) |
| 12 | יִֽהְי֑וּ | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 13 | וּבַחֶ֤רֶב | H2719 | by the sword | drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement |
| 14 | וּבָֽרָעָב֙ | H7458 | and by famine | hunger (more or less extensive) |
| 15 | יִכְל֔וּ | H3615 | and they shall be consumed | to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume) |
| 16 | וְהָיְתָ֤ה | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 17 | נִבְלָתָם֙ | H5038 | and their carcases | a flabby thing, i.e., a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol |
| 18 | לְמַאֲכָ֔ל | H3978 | shall be meat | an eatable (including provender, flesh and fruit) |
| 19 | לְע֥וֹף | H5775 | for the fowls | a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively |
| 20 | הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם | H8064 | of heaven | the 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 |
| 21 | וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥ת | H929 | and for the beasts | properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective) |
| 22 | הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | H776 | of the earth | the 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...