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And alikeוּבְאַחַתthey become dullיִבְעֲרוּand foolish;וְיִכְסָלוּthe correctionמוּסַרof vaporsהֲבָלִיםisהוּאwood.עֵץ
Jeremiah 10:8
Study it in the app“And alike they become dull and foolish; the correction of vapors is wood.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 10:8, word by word
- And alikeאַחַתachat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appears- they become dullיִבְעֲרוּyivaru
be dull
Another word spelled the same: to be stupid, brutish.
Where else “yivaru” appears- and foolishיִכְסָלוּyichsalu
be foolish
To become senseless, to act foolishly.
Where else “yichsalu” appears- the correctionמוּסַרmusar
discipline, correction
Discipline: teaching that straightens, sometimes with punishment; it comes from the verb "discipline."
Where else “musar” appears- of vaporsהֲבָלִיםhavalim
vapor
A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.
Where else “havalim” appears- woodעֵץets
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “ets” appears
Translation note
“The correction of vapors is wood”: what the idols (“vapors,” 8:19) teach is nothing but wood. The Hebrew is brief and obscure.
The context
7Who will not fear you, King of the nations? For to you it is fitting; for among all the wise of the nations and in all their kingdoms there is none like you.
8 · This verse (above)
9Silver beaten flat is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of a craftsman and of the hands of a goldsmith; blue and purple is their clothing, the work of wise men all of them.