Hebrew Interlinear

Jeremiah 3:24 Interlinear

For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth their flocks and their herds their sons and their daughters

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְהַבֹּ֗שֶׁתH1322For shameshame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause); by implication (specifically) an idol
2אָֽכְלָ֛הH398hath devouredto eat (literally or figuratively)
3אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
4יְגִ֥יעַH3018the labourtoil; hence, a work, produce, property (as the result of labor)
5אֲבוֹתֵ֖ינוּH1of our fathersfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
6מִנְּעוּרֵ֑ינוּH5271from our youth(only in plural collective or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)
7אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
8צֹאנָם֙H6629their flocksa collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
9וְאֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
10בְּקָרָ֔םH1241and their herdsa beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
11אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
12בְּנֵיהֶ֖םH1121their sonsa son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
13וְאֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
14בְּנוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃H1323and their daughtersa daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)

Verse Context

Jeremiah 3:23Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills and from the multitude of mountains Truly...
Jeremiah 3:24 (current)For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth their flocks and their herds their sons and their daughters
Jeremiah 3:25We lie down in our shame covereth and our confusion against the LORD...

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