Jeremiah

Jeremiah 6:8

⁸Be forewarned, O Jerusalem,

or I will turn away from you;

I will make you a desolation,

a land without inhabitant.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Be forewarned	הִוָּסְרִי֙	hiw·wā·sə·rî	Verb - Nifal - Imperative - feminine singular	H3256 discipline, chasten, admonish
O Jerusalem	יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם	yə·rū·šā·lim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
or	פֶּן־	pen-	Conjunction	H6435 lest
I	נַפְשִׁ֖י	nap̄·šî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
will turn away	תֵּקַ֥ע	tê·qa‘	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H3363 be dislocated, alienated
from you	מִמֵּ֑ךְ	mim·mêḵ	Preposition; second person feminine singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
I will make	אֲשִׂימֵ֣ךְ	’ă·śî·mêḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular; second person feminine singular	H7760 put, place, set
you a desolation	שְׁמָמָ֔ה	šə·mā·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H8077 a devastation, waste
a land	אֶ֖רֶץ	’e·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
without	ל֥וֹא	lō·w	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
inhabitant	נוֹשָֽׁבָה׃פ	nō·wō·šā·ḇāh	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H3427 sit, remain, dwell

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.