Jeremiah 8:17
For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- לַחַשׁlachashproperly, a whisper, i.e. by implication, (in a good sense) a private prayer, (in a bad on
- צֶפַעtsephaʻa viper (as thrusting out the tongue, i.e. hissing)
- נָשַׁךְnâshakto strike with a sting (as a serpent); figuratively, to oppress with interest on a loan
- נָחָשׁnâchâsha snake (from its hiss)
- נְאֻםnᵉʼuman oracle
- שָׁלַחshâlachto send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.