Jeremiah 18:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he was making a work on the wheels.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָאֵרֵ֖ד בֵּ֣ית הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר *והנהו **וְהִנֵּה־**ה֛וּא עֹשֶׂ֥ה מְלָאכָ֖ה עַל־הָאָבְנָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

And wāʾērēd to house of the yôṣēr, and hinnēh-he ʿōśeh mĕlāʾkāh on-the ʾābĕnāyim

Grammar Details

*wāʾērēd*: verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 1st person singular - and I went down
*yôṣēr*: noun, masculine singular, definite - potter/former
*hinnēh*: interjection - behold/look
*ʿōśeh*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - doing/making
*mĕlāʾkāh*: noun, feminine singular - work/craft/labor
*ʾābĕnāyim*: noun, feminine dual, definite - wheels/potter's wheel (lit. stones)

Word Meanings

*wāʾērēd*: and I went down/descended
*hinnēh*: behold/look/see
*ʿōśeh*: doing/making/performing
*mĕlāʾkāh*: work/labor/occupation/craft
*ʾābĕnāyim*: potter's wheel/dual stones (technical term for potter's tool)

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jonah 1:3 : 3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah; and he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah.
John 15:14 : 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.
Acts 26:19 : 19 Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:

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