Hebrew Interlinear

Jeremiah 4:28 Interlinear

mourn For this shall the earth be black and the heavens above because I have spoken it I have purposed it and will not repent neither will I turn back

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
2זֹאת֙H2063this (often used adverb)
3תֶּאֱבַ֣לH56mournto bewail
4הָאָ֔רֶץH776For this shall the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
5וְקָדְר֥וּH6937be blackto be ashy, i.e., dark-colored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)
6הַשָּׁמַ֖יִםH8064and the heavensthe 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
7מִמָּ֑עַלH4605aboveproperly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc
8עַ֤לH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
9כִּיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
10דִבַּ֙רְתִּי֙H1696because I have spokenperhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
11זַמֹּ֔תִיH2161it I have purposedto plan, usually in a bad sense
12וְלֹ֥אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
13נִחַ֖מְתִּיH5162it and will not repentproperly, 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
14וְלֹאH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
15אָשׁ֥וּבH7725neither will I turn backto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
16מִמֶּֽנָּה׃H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses

Verse Context

Jeremiah 4:27 said For thus hath the LORD shall be desolate ...
Jeremiah 4:28 (current) mourn For this shall the earth be black and the heavens above because I have spoken it I have purposed it and will not repent neither will I turn back
Jeremiah 4:29for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen shall flee ...

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