Jeremiah
Jeremiah 17:5
5This is what the LORD says:
“Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind,
who makes mere flesh his strengtha
and turns his heart from the LORD.
Footnotes
- a 17:5 Hebrew arm
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This is what | כֹּ֣ה׀ | kōh | Adverb | H3541 thus, here |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֗ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| says | אָמַ֣ר | ’ā·mar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Cursed is | אָר֤וּר | ’ā·rūr | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular | H779 curse |
| the man | הַגֶּ֙בֶר֙ | hag·ge·ḇer | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H1397 man |
| who | אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| trusts | יִבְטַ֣ח | yiḇ·ṭaḥ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H982 trust |
| in mankind | בָּֽאָדָ֔ם | bā·’ā·ḏām | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H120 man, mankind |
| who makes | וְשָׂ֥ם | wə·śām | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H7760 put, place, set |
| mere flesh | בָּשָׂ֖ר | bā·śār | Noun - masculine singular | H1320 flesh |
| his strength | זְרֹע֑וֹ | zə·rō·‘ōw | Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H2220 arm, shoulder, strength |
| and turns | יָס֥וּר | yā·sūr | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H5493 turn aside |
| his heart | לִבּֽוֹ׃ | lib·bōw | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart |
| from | וּמִן־ | ū·min- | Conjunctive waw; Preposition | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֖ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Psalm 118:8–9 · Psalm 146:3–4 · Isaiah 2:22 · 2 Chronicles 32:8 · Isaiah 31:1–9 · Isaiah 30:1–7 · Isaiah 36:6 · Psalm 62:9 · Psalm 18:21 · Ezekiel 29:6–7 · Ezekiel 6:9 · Hosea 1:2
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.