Hebrew Interlinear

Jeremiah 16:7 Interlinear

Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning to comfort them for the dead to drink neither shall men give them the cup of consolation for their father or for their mother

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְלֹֽאH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
2יִפְרְס֥וּH6536Neither shall men tearto break in pieces, i.e., (usually without violence) to split, distribute
3לָהֶ֛םH0
4עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
5אֵ֖בֶלH60themselves for them in mourninglamentation
6לְנַחֲמ֣וֹH5162to comfortproperly, to sigh, i.e., breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e., (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavo
7עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
8מֵ֑תH4191them for the deadto die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
9וְלֹֽאH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
10יַשְׁק֤וּH8248to drinkto quaff, i.e., (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to
11אוֹתָם֙H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
12כּ֣וֹסH3563neither shall men give them the cupa cup (as a container), often figuratively, some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye)
13תַּנְחוּמִ֔יםH8575of consolationcompassion, solace
14עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
15אָבִ֖יוH1for their fatherfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
16וְעַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
17אִמּֽוֹ׃H517or for their mothera mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])

Verse Context

Jeremiah 16:6shall die Both the great and the small in this land ...
Jeremiah 16:7 (current) Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning to comfort them for the dead to drink neither shall men give them the cup of consolation for their father or for their mother
Jeremiah 16:8into the house of feasting Thou shalt not also go to sit ...

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