Jeremiah

Jeremiah 8:9

⁹The wise will be put to shame;

they will be dismayed and trapped.

Since they have rejected the word of the LORD,

what wisdom do they really have?

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The wise	חֲכָמִ֔ים	ḥă·ḵā·mîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H2450 wise
will be put to shame	הֹבִ֣ישׁוּ	hō·ḇî·šū	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural	H954 be ashamed
they will be dismayed	חַ֖תּוּ	ḥat·tū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H2865 be shattered, dismayed
and trapped	וַיִּלָּכֵ֑דוּ	way·yil·lā·ḵê·ḏū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3920 capture, seize, take (by lot)
Since	הִנֵּ֤ה	hin·nêh	Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
they have rejected	מָאָ֔סוּ	mā·’ā·sū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3988 reject
the word	בִדְבַר־	ḇiḏ·ḇar-	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1697 speech, word
of the LORD	יְהוָה֙	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
what	מֶ֖ה	meh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
wisdom	וְחָכְמַֽת־	wə·ḥā·ḵə·maṯ-	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct	H2451 wisdom
do they really have	לָהֶֽם׃ס	lā·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.