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With silverבְּכֶסֶףand with goldוּבְזָהָבthey adorn it;יְיַפֵּהוּwith nailsבְּמַסְמְרוֹתand with hammersוּבְמַקָּבוֹתthey fasten them,יְחַזְּקוּםand it will notוְלוֹאtotter.יָפִיק
Jeremiah 10:4
Study it in the app“With silver and with gold they adorn it; with nails and with hammers they fasten them, and it will not totter.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 10:4, word by word
- With silverכֶסֶףchesef
silver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “chesef” appears- and with goldזָהָבzahav
gold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appears- they adorn itיְיַפֵּyeyape
be beautiful
To be beautiful, lovely; originally "to be bright". Also "to make beautiful, to adorn".
Where else “yeyape” appears- with nailsמַסְמְרוֹתmasmrot
nail
Nail: a pointed piece of iron for fastening.
Where else “masmrot” appears- and with hammersמַקָּבוֹתmakavot
hammer
Hammer; a tool for striking and dressing stone or driving nails.
Where else “makavot” appears- they fasten themיְחַזְּקוּyechazku
repair
To give strength or make firm, or repair what was broken.
Where else “yechazku” appears- totterיָפִיקyafik
stagger, totter
To stagger, to totter.
Where else “yafik” appears
The context
3For 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.
4 · This verse (above)
5Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field they are, and they do not speak; they must be carried, for they do not walk. Do not fear them, for they do not do harm, and also to do good is not in them.”