Jeremiah

Jeremiah 10:4

⁴They adorn it with silver and gold

and fasten it with hammer and nails,

so that it will not totter.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They adorn it	יְיַפֵּ֑הוּ	yə·yap·pê·hū	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H3302 be fair, beautiful
with silver	בְּכֶ֥סֶף	bə·ḵe·sep̄	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H3701 silver, money
and gold	וּבְזָהָ֖ב	ū·ḇə·zā·hāḇ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H2091 gold
and fasten it	יְחַזְּק֖וּם	yə·ḥaz·zə·qūm	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; third person masculine plural	H2388 be or grow firm, strong, strengthen
with hammer	וּבְמַקָּב֛וֹת	ū·ḇə·maq·qā·ḇō·wṯ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural	H4717 perforatrix, hammer, piercing
and nails	בְּמַסְמְר֧וֹת	bə·mas·mə·rō·wṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural	H4548 nail
so that it will not	וְל֥וֹא	wə·lō·w	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
totter	יָפִֽיק׃	yā·p̄îq	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6328 reel, totter

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