Jeremiah 6:29

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

נחר נָחַר

he has been scorched

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חרר

chârar

Definition

to glow, i.e. literally (to melt, burn, dry up) or figuratively (to show or incite passion)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to glow, i.e. literally (to melt, burn, dry up) or figuratively (to show or incite passion); be angry, burn, dry, kindle.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2787

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָרַר

verb • Root חרר • Strongs / High • Page 535

1. To glow, burn, be hot (of fire, fever, metal); to be parched, arid, or burnt up. Figuratively, to sting or burn. 2. To be white; figuratively, to be shining, distinguished, noble.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חָרַר

verb • Root חרר • Page 251

To be hot, burnt, dried. Job 30:30. Ezek. 24:11. Is. 24:6. (Comp. Joel 1:18-20). Niph. נָחַר to be burnt, dried. Jer. 6:29. Ezek. 15:4. Ps. 69:4.

Verb Niphal perfect third person masculine singular

LXX: --- τέλοσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2787:

--- 2× (17.8%)

τέλοσ 2× (15.1%)

מפח מַפֻּחַ

bellow

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מפח

mappuach

Definition

the bellows (i.e. blower) of aforge

Root

from H5301 (נפח);

Exhaustive

from נפח; the bellows (i.e. blower) of aforge; bellows.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4647

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מַפַּח

noun masculine • Root נפח • Consonantal / Medium • Page 890

Bellows; a figure of the lungs and throat.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מַפֻּחַ

noun masculine • Root נפח • Page 396

bellows. Jer. 6:29.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H4647:

No stats available

מאשתם מֵאִשְׁתַּם

from the women of themselves

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מ

mi / min

Definition

from

Root

Abbreviated from H4480

Exhaustive

(mem) — from / out of

Core value: emergence, separation, derivation
מ does not merely indicate origin in time (“after”). It marks boundary-crossing:
- source,
- differentiation,
- contrast,
- extraction.
Aonically, מ indicates transition between states.
not “after X” but “out from within X.”
This is why מ can signal both cause and contrast: both involve standing on the far side of a boundary.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

אשה

ʼeshshâh

Definition

fire

Root

feminine of H784 (אש);

Exhaustive

feminine of אש; fire; fire.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H800

הם

Definition

their, personal posessive - noun suffix: 3rd person masculine plural

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 3rd person masculine plural

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9028

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מָ

unknown • Root מה • Page 350

See מָה Note.

Prep-M, Noun common both singular absolute, Suffix pronominal third person masculine plural

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0800:

No stats available

עפרת עֹפָרֶת

Ophrah/lead

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

עופרת

ʻôwphereth

Definition

lead (from its dusty color)

Root

or עפרת; feminine participle active of H6080 (עפר);

Exhaustive

or עפרת; feminine participle active of עפר; lead (from its dusty color); lead.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5777

Noun common feminine singular absolute

LXX: μολίβου μόλιβοσ μολίβῳ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5777:

μολίβου 3× (28.0%)

μόλιβοσ 3× (28.0%)

μολίβῳ 2× (17.6%)

לשוא לַשָּׁוְא

for nothing

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ל

lə

Definition

to, for

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(lamed) — to / toward / for

Core value: orientation, directionality, belonging
ל is often mistranslated as purpose (“in order to”), but that smuggles in future-time. In reality, ל marks:
- movement toward,
- dedication unto,
- reference with respect to.
Aonically, ל is vectorial, not teleological.
not “for the sake of a future outcome”
but “oriented toward a locus or pole.”
This is why possession (“belongs to”) and motion (“toward”) use the same preposition: both indicate relational alignment, not time.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

שוא

shâvᵉʼ

Definition

evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)

Root

or שו; from the same as H7722 (שוא) in the sense of desolating;

Exhaustive

or שו; from the same as שוא in the sense of desolating; evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain); false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7723

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שָׁוְא

noun masculine • Root שוה • Strongs / High • Page 1388

(from שָׁוָה II.) what is insecure, wavering; hence what is vain, empty, base.

שָׁוְא

noun masculine • Root שוא • Strongs / High • Page 1389

1. Insecurity, lying, falsehood. 2. Metaphor: nothingness, emptiness, vanity; idols. 3. Figure: sin, iniquity, evil, destruction, misfortune.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שָׁוְא

noun masculine • Root שוא • Page 657

1. what is vain, vanity. Job 15: 31. 2. what is useless, to no purpose or in vain. Mal. 3: 14. 3. what is false or deceitful, a lie, falsehood. Ps. 12: 3. Ex. 23: 1. 4. wickedness. Job 11: 11. 5. trouble, affliction, destruction. Job 7: 3. Is. 30: 28.

Preposition -For/Into Art, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ψευδῆ μάτην μάταια ματαιότητα ψευδεῖσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H7723:

ψευδῆ 6× (12.3%)

μάτην 6× (11.3%)

μάταια 4× (8.4%)

ματαιότητα 4× (8.1%)

ψευδεῖσ 3× (6.3%)

κενὸν 3× (5.4%)

ματαίῳ 3× (5.4%)

μάταιον 2× (4.2%)

ματαίᾳ 2× (3.9%)

ματαία 2× (3.6%)

צרף צָרַף

he has refined

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

צרף

tsâraph

Definition

to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively); cast, (re-) fine(-er), founder, goldsmith, melt, pure, purge away, try.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6884

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

צָרַף

verb / tr. • Root צרף • Strongs / High • Page 1251

I. (Intr.) To glow, to burn. (Tr.) To smelt, gold or silver; to purify, to refine, by fire. Fig. To make clear or bright; to prove.

צָרַף

verb • Root צרף • Strongs / High • Page 1251

II. (Not used) tr. To draw together, to bind, to tie together (only by transpos. for צָפַר II).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

צָרַף

verb / fut. יִצְרֹף • Page 576

1. To melt, fuse, particularly the precious metals. Hence צֹרֵף a founder or workman in gold and silver. 2. Particularly to refine gold, silver, etc. by the fire. 3. Metaphorically to refine, purify. 4. To try, examine, prove. Ps. 17: 3, 26: 2, 105: 19.

Verb Qal perfect third person masculine singular

LXX: χρυσοχόοσ πυρώσω πεπυρωμένον ἀργυροκοπεῖ ὡσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H6884:

χρυσοχόοσ 3× (8.1%)

πυρώσω 3× (7.7%)

πεπυρωμένον 3× (7.7%)

ἀργυροκοπεῖ 2× (5.7%)

ὡσ 2× (5.7%)

πυροῦται 2× (4.9%)

αὐτούσ 2× (4.0%)

צרוף צָרוֹף

him who is refined

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

צרף

tsâraph

Definition

to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively); cast, (re-) fine(-er), founder, goldsmith, melt, pure, purge away, try.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6884

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

צָרַף

verb / tr. • Root צרף • Strongs / High • Page 1251

I. (Intr.) To glow, to burn. (Tr.) To smelt, gold or silver; to purify, to refine, by fire. Fig. To make clear or bright; to prove.

צָרַף

verb • Root צרף • Strongs / High • Page 1251

II. (Not used) tr. To draw together, to bind, to tie together (only by transpos. for צָפַר II).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

צָרַף

verb / fut. יִצְרֹף • Page 576

1. To melt, fuse, particularly the precious metals. Hence צֹרֵף a founder or workman in gold and silver. 2. Particularly to refine gold, silver, etc. by the fire. 3. Metaphorically to refine, purify. 4. To try, examine, prove. Ps. 17: 3, 26: 2, 105: 19.

Verb Qal infinitive absolute

LXX: χρυσοχόοσ πυρώσω πεπυρωμένον ἀργυροκοπεῖ ὡσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H6884:

χρυσοχόοσ 3× (8.1%)

πυρώσω 3× (7.7%)

πεπυρωμένον 3× (7.7%)

ἀργυροκοπεῖ 2× (5.7%)

ὡσ 2× (5.7%)

πυροῦται 2× (4.9%)

αὐτούσ 2× (4.0%)

ורעים וְרָעים

and evil ones

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

רע

raʻ

Definition

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

Root

from H7489 (רעע);

Exhaustive

from רעע; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7451

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

רַע

adjective / masculine • Root רעע • Strongs / High • Page 1344

I. bad, unpleasant; expressing what is unsalutary either by its internal unfitness and worthlessness, or injuriousness; hence ill-favoured, envious, wicked, evil, malignant, hurtful, troubled, sorrowful.

רַע

adjective • Strongs / High • Page 1345

1. wild; evil, bad, unpleasant; sad spirit; painful. 2. In a moral sense: evil, sinful. 3. to be displeasing in one's eyes. Without a noun: bad, also as an adv.

רַע

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1345

II. m. 1. abstr. ill, evil (that one does); adversity, calamity, misfortune; in a moral sense, wickedness, sin. 2. concr. an evil one, a sinner.

רַע

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1345

III. m. 1. (from רִיעַ) noise, noise of war, cry of grief, rolling of thunder. 2. (from רֵעָה II) a friend, companion; defect, flaw.

רַע

adjective / noun masculine • Root רעע • Strongs / High • Page 1347

I. Bad, evil, morally wicked (adj.); often in a moral sense, what is bad religiously speaking, wickedness, vice, as a deed, sin; also concrete the wicked (n.).

רַע

adjective / substantive • Root רעע • Strongs / High • Page 1350

Bad, evil, wicked, mischievous, sorrowful, vexed, envious, jealous. (Also functions as a noun meaning an evil-doer, foolishness, viciousness, badness, discord).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

רַע

verb • Root רעע • Page 622

1. bad, of a bad quality. Lev. 27: 10. 2. ugly, ill-favoured. Gen. 41: 3. 3. evil, unfortunate, calamitous. Jer. 7: 6. 4. evil, pernicious, dangerous. Gen. 37: 33. 5. having an evil eye, envious. Prov. 23: 6. 6. sad; spoken of the heart or countenance. Gen. 40: 7.

Conjunction, Adjective adjective masculine plural absolute

LXX: πονηρὸν κακὰ κακά κακῶν πονηρὰ

LXX Usage Statistics

H7451a:

πονηρὸν 89× (12.6%)

κακὰ 62× (9.4%)

κακά 58× (8.8%)

κακῶν 31× (4.3%)

πονηρὰ 26× (4.0%)

κακίαν 26× (3.8%)

κακία 24× (3.4%)

--- 21× (3.4%)

πονηρόν 18× (2.7%)

κακίασ 18× (2.5%)

לא לֹא

not

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

לא

lôʼ

Definition

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

Root

or לוא; or לה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle;

Exhaustive

or לוא; or לה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3808

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

לֹא

negative particle • Root אל • Strongs / High • Page 759

A negative particle; not, no. It functions as an absolute negative, a negative answer to a question, or a refusal. Used with verbs in various tenses and moods to express negation or prohibition.

לֹא

particle • Strongs / High • Page 761

A K'ri reading for לוֹ.

לֹא

adverb / particle • Strongs / High • Page 760

Not; No; Nothing (substantive use); Before (cognate sense to טֶרֶם).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

לֹא

adverb • Page 338

A primitive adverb of negation (more rarely לוֹא). 1. not. 2. no (Gen. 19:2). 3. nothing (Job 6:21). 4. without (1 Chr. 2:30). 5. interrogative, nonne? (Jon. 4:11). 6. lest, that not (Ex. 28:32). 7. In combination with adjectives/substantives it gives a negative signification (e.g., לֹא עֹז without strength).

Particle negative

LXX: οὐκ οὐ μὴ οὐδὲ οὐχ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3808:

οὐκ 1137× (34.5%)

οὐ 797× (24.2%)

μὴ 184× (5.6%)

οὐδὲ 150× (4.5%)

οὐχ 127× (3.9%)

οὐχὶ 120× (3.6%)

--- 98× (3.0%)

'' 94× (2.4%)

---% 62× (1.5%)

οὐκέτι 50× (1.4%)

נתקו נִתָּקוּ׃

they were plucked/torn out

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

נתק

nâthaq

Definition

to tear off

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to tear off; break (off), burst, draw (away), lift up, pluck (away, off), pull (out), root out.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5423

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נָתַק

verb • Root נתק • Strongs / High • Page 1001

To pull away, push off, tear off, draw away. (Nif.) to be torn off, broken off, melt away. (Pih.) to tear asunder, tear up, tear open, loosen. (Hif.) to push away, drive away. (Hof.) to be driven away.

נָתַק

verb • Root נתק • Strongs / High • Page 1001

(Not used in Kal) transitive verb meaning to cover, to cover over, to overlay.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נָתַק

verb • Page 464

1. To pluck or tear off (Jer. 22:24). 2. To draw off (from a place) in war (Judg. 20:32). 3. Part. pass. נָתוּק: castratus, avulsis testiculis (Lev. 22:24).

Verb Niphal perfect third person common plural

LXX: --- διαρρήξω διέρρηξεν

LXX Usage Statistics

H5423:

--- 2× (7.2%)

διαρρήξω 2× (7.2%)

διέρρηξεν 2× (6.6%)

RBT Translation:

he has been scorched bellow from the women of themselves Ophrah/lead for nothing he has refined him who is refined and evil ones not they were plucked/torn out

RBT Paraphrase:
"He has been scorched by the bellow from the woman of themselves, Lead/Fawn ("Ophrah"), for nothing! He has refined him who is refined, and the evil ones have not been rooted out!"

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
The bellows were burnt from their fire, the founder melted the lead in vain, and the evil were not plucked up.

LITV Translation:
The bellows blow, the lead is consumed from the fire, the refiner refines in vain; for the evil is not separated.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
The bellows have failed from the fire, the lead has failed: the silversmith works at his trade in vain; their wickedness is not consumed.