And the vesselוְ הַכְּלִיthatאֲשֶׁרheהוּאwas makingעֹשֶׂהof clayבַּחֹמֶרwas ruinedנִשְׁחַתin the handבְּיַדof the potter;הַיּוֹצֵרand he went backוְשָׁבand made itוַיַּעֲשֵׂהוּanotherאַחֵרvessel,כְּלִיasכַּאֲשֶׁרseemed rightיָשַׁרin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof the potterהַיּוֹצֵרto make.לַעֲשׂוֹת
Jeremiah 18:4
Study it in the app“And the vessel that he was making of clay was ruined in the hand of the potter; and he went back and made it another vessel, as seemed right in the eyes of the potter to make.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 18:4, word by word
- And the vesselכְּלִיkeli
vessel
Any container for keeping or carrying liquids and food.
Where else “keli” appears- was makingעֹשֶׂהose
make
To build or create something.
Where else “ose” appears- of clayחֹמֶרchomer
clay
Wet earth, the potter's dough, or mire.
Where else “chomer” appears- was ruinedנִשְׁחַתnishchat
corrupt
To spoil: to stop being useful, or to turn from good and become wicked.
Where else “nishchat” appears- in the handיַדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- of the potterיּוֹצֵרyotser
potter
The one who works clay and shapes it into pots with his hands.
Where else “yotser” appears- and he went backשָׁבshav
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shav” appears- anotherאַחֵרacher
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acher” appears- seemed rightיָשַׁרyashar
seem right
To seem good to someone.
Where else “yashar” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears
The context
3So I went down to the house of the potter, and look, he was doing a work on the wheel.
4 · This verse (above)
5And the word of YHWH came to me, saying: