Hebrew Interlinear
Jeremiah 6:20 Interlinear
“ there to me incense from Sheba To what purpose cometh cane and the sweet country from a far your burnt offerings are not acceptable nor your sacrifices sweet ”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | לָמָּה | H4100 | properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and | |
| 2 | זֶּ֨ה | H2088 | the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | |
| 3 | לִ֤י | H0 | ||
| 4 | לְבוֹנָה֙ | H3828 | there to me incense | frankincense (from its whiteness or perhaps that of its smoke) |
| 5 | מִשְּׁבָ֣א | H7614 | from Sheba | sheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an ethiopian district |
| 6 | תָב֔וֹא | H935 | To what purpose cometh | to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) |
| 7 | וְקָנֶ֥ה | H7070 | cane | a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard) |
| 8 | הַטּ֖וֹב | H2896 | and the sweet | good (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 |
| 9 | מֵאֶ֣רֶץ | H776 | country | the earth (at large, or partitively a land) |
| 10 | מֶרְחָ֑ק | H4801 | from a far | remoteness, i.e., (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar |
| 11 | עֹלֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ | H5930 | your burnt offerings | a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke) |
| 12 | לֹ֣א | H3808 | not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | |
| 13 | לְרָצ֔וֹן | H7522 | are not acceptable | delight (especially as shown) |
| 14 | וְזִבְחֵיכֶ֖ם | H2077 | nor your sacrifices | properly, a slaughter, i.e., the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act) |
| 15 | לֹא | H3808 | not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | |
| 16 | עָ֥רְבוּ | H6149 | sweet | to be agreeable |
| 17 | לִֽי׃ | H0 |
Verse Context
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