Jeremiah 22:14
who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion.
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ASV
that saith, I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
KJV
That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
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Commentary
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14 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| הָאֹמֵ֗ר | ha.'o.Mer | the [one who] says | H559 → |
| אֶבְנֶה־ | 'ev.neh- | I will build | H1129 → |
| לִּי֙ | li | for <the> myself | |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | a house of | H1004 → |
| מִדּ֔וֹת | mi.Dot | size<s> | H4060 → |
| וַעֲלִיּ֖וֹת | va.'a.li.Yot | and upper rooms | H5944 → |
| מְרֻוָּחִ֑ים | me.ru.va.Chim | spacious | H7304 → |
| וְקָ֤רַֽע | ve.Ka.ra' | and he will tear | H7167 → |
| לוֹ֙ | lo | for <the> himself | |
| חַלּוֹנָ֔י | cha.lo.Nai | windows my | H2474 → |
| וְסָפ֣וּן | ve.sa.Fun | and paneled | H5603 → |
| בָּאָ֔רֶז | ba.'A.rez | with <the> cedar | H730 → |
| וּמָשׁ֖וֹחַ | u.ma.Sho.ach | and he will smear [it] | H4886 → |
| בַּשָּׁשַֽׁר׃ | ba.sha.Shar | with <the> vermilion | H8350 → |
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