Jeremiah 10:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּכֶ֥סֶף וּבְזָהָ֖ב יְיַפֵּ֑הוּ בְּמַסְמְר֧וֹת וּבְמַקָּב֛וֹת יְחַזְּק֖וּם וְל֥וֹא יָפִֽיק׃

Transliteration

With-kesef and-with-zāhāb yəyappēhû with-masməRôt and-with-maqqābôt yəḥazzəqûm and-not yāfîq

Grammar Details

*kesef*: noun, masculine singular - silver
*zāhāb*: noun, masculine singular - gold
*yəyappēhû*: piel imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - they beautify it
*masməRôt*: noun, feminine plural - nails
*maqqābôt*: noun, feminine plural - hammers
*yəḥazzəqûm*: piel imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - they fasten them
*yāfîq*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it totters/moves

Word Meanings

*yəyappēhû*: they beautify it/make it beautiful/decorate it
*yəḥazzəqûm*: they strengthen them/fasten them/secure them
*yāfîq*: it totters/moves/shifts/falls

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 40:19-20 : 19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. 20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
Isa 46:7 : 7 They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Isa 41:6-7 : 6 They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage. 7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
Isa 44:12 : 12 The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
Ps 115:4 : 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
Ps 135:15 : 15 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

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