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Jeremiah 4:23 Interlinear

“I beheld the earth and lo it was without form and void and the heavens and they had no light”

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Jeremiah 4 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	רָאִ֙יתִי֙	H7200	I beheld	to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
2	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
3	הָאָ֔רֶץ	H776	the earth	the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
4	וְהִנֵּה	H2009		lo!
5	תֹ֖הוּ	H8414	and lo it was without form	a desolation (of surface), i.e., desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain
6	וָבֹ֑הוּ	H922	and void	a vacuity, i.e., (superficially) an undistinguishable ruin
7	וְאֶל	H413		near, with or among; often in general, to
8	הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם	H8064	and the heavens	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
9	וְאֵ֥ין	H369		a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle
10	אוֹרָֽם׃	H216	and they had no light	illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

Jeremiah 4:23 (current)I beheld the earth and lo it was without form and void and the heavens and they had no light