Hebrew Interlinear

Jeremiah 8:6 Interlinear

I hearkened and heard but they spake not aright no man repented him of his wickedness saying What have I done every one turned to his course as the horse rusheth into the battle

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1הִקְשַׁ֤בְתִּיH7181I hearkenedto prick up the ears, i.e., hearken
2וָֽאֶשְׁמָע֙H8085and heardto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
3לוֹאH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
4כֵ֣ןH3651properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
5יְדַבֵּ֔רוּH1696but they spake not arightperhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
6אֵ֣יןH369a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle
7אִ֗ישׁH376no mana 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)
8נִחָם֙H5162repentedproperly, 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
9עַלH5921him ofabove, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
10רָ֣עָת֔וֹH7451his wickednessbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
11לֵאמֹ֖רH559sayingto say (used with great latitude)
12מֶ֣הH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
13עָשִׂ֑יתִיH6213What have I doneto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
14כֻּלֹּ֗הH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
15שָׁ֚בH7725every one turnedto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
16בִּמְר֣צּוָתָ֔םH4794to his coursea race (the act), whether the manner or the progress
17כְּס֥וּסH5483as the horsea horse (as leaping)
18שׁוֹטֵ֖ףH7857rushethto gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer
19בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃H4421into the battlea battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare)

Verse Context

Jeremiah 8:5 slidden back Why then is this people of Jerusalem backsliding...
Jeremiah 8:6 (current)I hearkened and heard but they spake not aright no man repented him of his wickedness saying What have I done every one turned to his course as the horse rusheth into the battle
Jeremiah 8:7 Yea the stork in the heaven know her appointed times and the turtle...

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