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Everyכָּלhuman beingאָדָםhas become dull,נִבְעַרwithout knowledge;מִדַּעַתeveryכָּלgoldsmithצוֹרֵףis put to shameהֹבִישׁby his carved image,מִפָּסֶלforכִּיhis cast imageנִסְכּוֹis falsehood,שֶׁקֶרand there is noוְלֹאbreathרוּחַin them.בָּם
Jeremiah 10:14
Study it in the app“Every human being has become dull, without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his carved image, for his cast image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 10:14, word by word
- human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- has become dullנִבְעַרnivar
be dull
Another word spelled the same: to be stupid, brutish.
Where else “nivar” appears- without knowledgeדַּעַתdaat
knowledge
What one has learned; or a close bond with God.
Where else “daat” appears- goldsmithצוֹרֵףtsoref
smelt
To melt metal in fire to remove its dross; also, the one who works silver or gold.
Where else “tsoref” appears- is put to shameהֹבִישׁhovish
be ashamed
To feel shame and be left with a lowered face.
Where else “hovish” appears- by his carved imageפָּסֶלpasel
carved image
Carved image: a figure of a god made of wood or stone.
Where else “pasel” appears- his cast imageנִסְכּnisk
cast image
A metal idol.
Where else “nisk” appears- is falsehoodשֶׁקֶרsheker
lie
What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.
Where else “sheker” appears- breathרוּחַruach
breath
Literally "wind": the air that leaves the lungs.
Where else “ruach” appears
The context
13When he gives his voice, there is a roar of waters in the heavens, and he makes rise the clouds from the end of the earth; lightning for the rain he makes, and he brings out the wind from his storehouses.
14 · This verse (above)
15Vapor are they, a work of mockery; in the time of their punishment they will perish.