Jeremiah 17:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חַטַּ֣את יְהוּדָ֗ה כְּתוּבָ֛ה בְּעֵ֥ט בַּרְזֶ֖ל בְּצִפֹּ֣רֶן שָׁמִ֑יר חֲרוּשָׁה֙ עַל־ל֣וּחַ לִבָּ֔ם וּלְקַרְנ֖וֹת מִזְבְּחוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

ḥaṭṭaʾt yĕhûdâ kĕtûbâ bĕʿēṭ barzel bĕṣippōren šāmîr ḥărûšâ upon-lûaḥ libbām and-to-qarnôt mizbĕḥôtêkem

Grammar Details

*ḥaṭṭaʾt*: construct state, feminine singular - sin of
*yĕhûdâ*: proper noun - Judah
*kĕtûbâ*: passive participle, feminine singular - written
*bĕʿēṭ*: preposition + masculine noun - with pen of
*barzel*: noun, masculine singular - iron
*bĕṣippōren*: preposition + feminine noun - with point/nail of
*šāmîr*: noun, masculine singular - diamond/flint
*ḥărûšâ*: passive participle, feminine singular - engraved/carved
*lûaḥ*: construct state, masculine singular - tablet of
*libbām*: noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their heart
*qarnôt*: feminine plural construct - horns of
*mizbĕḥôtêkem*: masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your altars

Word Meanings

*ḥaṭṭaʾt*: sin/guilt/transgression
*šāmîr*: diamond/adamant stone/flint
*ḥărûšâ*: engraved/carved/plowed

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 3:3 : 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
2 Cor 3:3 : 3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
Prov 7:3 : 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
Hos 12:11 : 11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
Lev 4:17-18 : 17 And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail. 18 And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Lev 4:25 : 25 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering.
Job 19:23-24 : 23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! 24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

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