Hebrew Interlinear

Jeremiah 2:5 Interlinear

Thus saith the LORD found have your fathers What iniquity in me that they are gone far after vanity and are become vain

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1כֹּ֣ה׀H3541properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
2אָמַ֣רH559Thus saithto say (used with great latitude)
3יְהוָ֗הH3068the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
4מַהH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
5מָּצְא֨וּH4672foundproperly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
6אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֥םH1have your fathersfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
7בִּי֙H0
8עָ֔וֶלH5766What iniquity(moral) evil
9כִּ֥יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
10רָחֲק֖וּH7368in me that they are gone farto widen (in any direction), i.e., (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
11מֵעָלָ֑יH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
12וַיֵּֽלְכ֛וּH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
13אַחֲרֵ֥יH310afterproperly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
14הַהֶ֖בֶלH1892vanityemptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
15וַיֶּהְבָּֽלוּ׃H1891and are become vainto be vain in act, word, or expectation; specifically to lead astray

Verse Context

Jeremiah 2:4Hear ye the word of the LORD O house of Jacob ...
Jeremiah 2:5 (current) Thus saith the LORD found have your fathers What iniquity in me that they are gone far after vanity and are become vain
Jeremiah 2:6 Neither said they Where is the LORD that brought us up ...

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