Hebrew Interlinear

Jeremiah 44:27 Interlinear

Behold I will watch over them for evil and not for good shall be consumed and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt by the sword and by the famine until there be an end

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1הִנְנִ֨יH2005lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if
2שֹׁקֵ֧דH8245Behold I will watchto be alert, i.e., sleepless; hence to be on the lookout (whether for good or ill)
3עֲלֵיהֶ֛םH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
4לְרָעָ֖הH7451over them for evilbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
5וְלֹ֣אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
6לְטוֹבָ֑הH2896and not for goodgood (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
7וְתַמּוּ֩H8552shall be consumedto complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive
8כָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
9אִ֨ישׁH376and all the mena man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
10יְהוּדָ֜הH3063of Judahjehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
11אֲשֶׁ֧רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
12בְּאֶֽרֶץH776that are in the landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
13מִצְרַ֛יִםH4714of Egyptmitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt
14בַּחֶ֥רֶבH2719by the sworddrought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
15וּבָרָעָ֖בH7458and by the faminehunger (more or less extensive)
16עַדH5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
17כְּלוֹתָֽם׃H3615until there be an endto end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)

Verse Context

Jeremiah 44:26 Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD all Judah...
Jeremiah 44:27 (current) Behold I will watch over them for evil and not for good shall be consumed and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt by the sword and by the famine until there be an end
Jeremiah 44:28that escape the sword shall return out into the land of Egypt...

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