Jeremiah

Jeremiah 13:23

²³Can the Ethiopian^c change his skin,

or the leopard his spots?

Neither are you able to do good —

you who are accustomed to doing evil.

Footnotes

c 13:23 Hebrew that Cushite; that is, probably a person from the upper Nile region

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Can the Ethiopian	כּוּשִׁי֙	kū·šî	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3569 Cushite
change	הֲיַהֲפֹ֤ךְ	hă·ya·hă·p̄ōḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2015 turn, overturn
his skin	עוֹר֔וֹ	‘ō·w·rōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5785 skin
or the leopard	וְנָמֵ֖ר	wə·nā·mêr	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H5246 leopard
his spots	חֲבַרְבֻּרֹתָ֑יו	ḥă·ḇar·bu·rō·ṯāw	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H2272 stripe, mark
Neither	גַּם־	gam-	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
are you	אַתֶּם֙	’at·tem	Pronoun - second person masculine plural	H859 thou
able	תּוּכְל֣וּ	tū·ḵə·lū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H3201 be able, have power, prevail, endure
to do good	לְהֵיטִ֔יב	lə·hê·ṭîḇ	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H3190 be good, well, glad, pleasing
you who are accustomed	לִמֻּדֵ֖י	lim·mu·ḏê	Adjective - masculine plural construct	H3928 taught
to doing evil	הָרֵֽעַ׃	hā·rê·a‘	Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H7489 be evil, bad

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.