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Forכִּיthe statutesחֻקּוֹתof the peoplesהָעַמִּיםareהוּאvapor;הֶבֶלforכִּיa treeעֵץfrom the forestמִיַּעַרone cuts down,כְּרָתוֹthe workמַעֲשֵׂהof the handsיְדֵיof a craftsmanחָרָשׁwith the tool.בַּמַּעֲצָד
Jeremiah 10:3
Study it in the app“For the statutes of the peoples are vapor; for a tree from the forest one cuts down, the work of the hands of a craftsman with the tool.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 10:3, word by word
- the statutesחֻקּוֹתchukot
statute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukot” appears- of the peoplesעַמִּיםamim
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “amim” appears- vaporהֶבֶלhevel
vapor
A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.
Where else “hevel” appears- a treeעֵץets
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “ets” appears- from the forestיַּעַרyaar
forest
Land covered with trees, where many grow together.
Where else “yaar” appears- one cuts downכְּרָתkerat
cut down
To cut a tree or branch with an axe to get timber.
Where else “kerat” appears- the workמַעֲשֵׂהmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears- of the handsיְדֵיyede
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yede” appears- of a craftsmanחָרָשׁcharash
craftsman
Craftsman: one who works stone, wood or metal.
Where else “charash” appears- with the toolמַּעֲצָדmaatsad
cutting tool
A cutting tool of the smith, an axe.
Where else “maatsad” appears
The context
2Thus says YHWH: “The way of the nations do not learn, and at the signs of the heavens do not be terrified, for the nations are terrified at them.
3 · This verse (above)
4With silver and with gold they adorn it; with nails and with hammers they fasten them, and it will not totter.