Jeremiah

Jeremiah 5:4

⁴Then I said, “They are only the poor;

they have played the fool,

for they do not know the way of the LORD,

the justice of their God.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then I	וַאֲנִ֣י	wa·’ă·nî	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
said	אָמַ֔רְתִּי	’ā·mar·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H559 utter, say
They	הֵ֑ם	hêm	Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
are only	אַךְ־	’aḵ-	Adverb	H389 surely
the poor	דַּלִּ֖ים	dal·lîm	Adjective - masculine plural construct	H1800 low, weak, poor, thin
they have played the fool	נוֹאֲל֕וּ	nō·w·’ă·lū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H2973 be foolish
for	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they do not	לֹ֤א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
know	יָדְעוּ֙	yā·ḏə·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3045 know
the way	דֶּ֣רֶךְ	de·reḵ	Noun - common singular construct	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
of the LORD	יְהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
the justice	מִשְׁפַּ֖ט	miš·paṭ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4941 judgment
of their God	אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃	’ĕ·lō·hê·hem	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H430 God

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.