Jeremiah
Jeremiah 27:17
17Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city become a ruin?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do not | אַל־ | ’al- | Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| listen | תִּשְׁמְע֣וּ | tiš·mə·‘ū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H8085 hear |
| to them | אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם | ’ă·lê·hem | Preposition; third person masculine plural | H413 motion to |
| Serve | עִבְד֥וּ | ‘iḇ·ḏū | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H5647 work, serve |
| the king | מֶֽלֶךְ־ | me·leḵ- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H4428 king |
| of Babylon | בָּבֶ֖ל | bā·ḇel | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H894 Babel, Babylon |
| and live | וִֽחְי֑וּ | wiḥ·yū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H2421 live |
| Why | לָ֧מָּה | lām·māh | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| should this | הַזֹּ֖את | haz·zōṯ | Article; Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| city | הָעִ֥יר | hā·‘îr | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H5892 excitement |
| become | תִֽהְיֶ֛ה | ṯih·yeh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| a ruin | חָרְבָּֽה׃ | ḥā·rə·bāh | Noun - feminine singular | H2723 waste, desolation, ruin |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.