Jeremiah

Jeremiah 12:3

³But You know me, O LORD;

You see me and test my heart toward You.

Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter

and set them apart for the day of carnage.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But You	וְאַתָּ֤ה	wə·’at·tāh	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - second person masculine singular	H859 thou
know me	יְדַעְתָּ֔נִי	yə·ḏa‘·tā·nî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular	H3045 know
O LORD	יְהוָה֙	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
You see me	תִּרְאֵ֕נִי	tir·’ê·nî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular	H7200 see
and test	וּבָחַנְתָּ֥	ū·ḇā·ḥan·tā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular	H974 examine, try
my heart	לִבִּ֖י	lib·bî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
toward You	אִתָּ֑ךְ	’it·tāḵ	Preposition; second person masculine singular	H854 with
Drag away	הַתִּקֵם֙	hat·ti·qêm	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H5423 pull, draw, tear away, apart, off
like sheep	כְּצֹ֣אן	kə·ṣōn	Preposition-k; Noun - common singular	H6629 small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks
to the slaughter	לְטִבְחָ֔ה	lə·ṭiḇ·ḥāh	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H2878 thing slaughtered, slaughtered meat, slaughter
and set them apart	וְהַקְדִּשֵׁ֖ם	wə·haq·di·šêm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H6942 be set apart, consecrated
for the day	לְי֥וֹם	lə·yō·wm	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3117 day
of carnage	הֲרֵגָֽה׃ס	hă·rê·ḡāh	Noun - feminine singular	H2028 slaughter

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

2 Kings 20:3 · Jeremiah 17:18 · Psalm 139:1–4 · James 5:5 · Psalm 17:3 · Jeremiah 50:27 · Psalm 44:21–22 · Psalm 139:23 · Psalm 26:1

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.