Jeremiah

Jeremiah 8:17

¹⁷“For behold, I will send snakes among you,

vipers that cannot be charmed,

and they will bite you,”

declares the LORD.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּי֩	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
behold	הִנְנִ֨י	hin·nî	Interjection; first person common singular	H2005 lo! behold
I will send	מְשַׁלֵּ֜חַ	mə·šal·lê·aḥ	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular	H7971 send
snakes	נְחָשִׁים֙	nə·ḥā·šîm	Noun - masculine plural	H5175 serpent
among you	בָּכֶ֗ם	bā·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural
vipers	צִפְעֹנִ֔ים	ṣip̄·‘ō·nîm	Noun - masculine plural	H6848 viper, thrusting, hissing
that	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
cannot	אֵין־	’ên-	Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
be charmed	לָ֑חַשׁ	lā·ḥaš	Noun - masculine singular	H3908 a whispering, charming
and they will bite	וְנִשְּׁכ֥וּ	wə·niš·šə·ḵū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H5391 bite
you	אֶתְכֶ֖ם	’eṯ·ḵem	Direct object marker; second person masculine plural	H853 mark of the accusative
declares	נְאֻם־	nə·’um-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5002 utterance
the LORD	יְהוָֽה׃ס	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.