Hebrew Interlinear

Jeremiah 2:36 Interlinear

Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way of Egypt as thou wast ashamed as thou wast ashamed of Assyria

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1מַהH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
2תֵּזְלִ֥יH235Why gaddest thou aboutto go away, hence, to disappear
3מְאֹ֖דH3966so muchproperly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or
4לְשַׁנּ֣וֹתH8138to changeto fold, i.e., duplicate (literally or figuratively); by implication, to transmute (transitive or intransitive)
5אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
6דַּרְכֵּ֑ךְH1870thy waya road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
7גַּ֤םH1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
8מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙H4714of Egyptmitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt
9בֹּ֖שְׁתְּH954as thou wast ashamedproperly, to pale, i.e., by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
10כַּאֲשֶׁרH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
11בֹּ֖שְׁתְּH954as thou wast ashamedproperly, to pale, i.e., by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
12מֵאַשּֽׁוּר׃H804of Assyriaashshur, the second son of shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e., assyria), its region and its empire

Verse Context

Jeremiah 2:35Yet thou sayest Because I am innocent shall turn surely his anger...
Jeremiah 2:36 (current) Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way of Egypt as thou wast ashamed as thou wast ashamed of Assyria
Jeremiah 2:37 Yea thou shalt go forth from him and thine hands ...

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