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For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD : therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered. (KJV)

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כִּ֤יkifor

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Jeremiah 10:21 word 1

נִבְעֲרוּ֙niv.'a.Ruthey have behaved stupidly

Lemma: בָּעַר (ba.ar) · Strong's: H1197B

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNp3cp)

Meaning: be brutish

Used 9 times. Also: Exodus 22:5, Psalms 94:8, Isaiah 19:11, Jeremiah 10:8, Jeremiah 10:14, Jeremiah 51:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1197B; TAHOT Jeremiah 10:21 word 2

הָֽרֹעִ֔יםha.ro.'Imthe shepherds

Lemma: רָעָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7462B

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)

Meaning: to pasture

Used 167 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 13:7, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 26:20, Genesis 29:7, Genesis 29:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7462B; TAHOT Jeremiah 10:21 word 3

וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Jeremiah 10:21 word 4

יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahweh

Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)

Meaning: LORD

Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Jeremiah 10:21 word 5

לֹ֣אlo'not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Jeremiah 10:21 word 6

דָרָ֑שׁוּda.Ra.shuthey have sought

Lemma: דָּרַשׁ (da.rash) · Strong's: H1875

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to seek

Used 163 times. Also: Genesis 9:5, Genesis 25:22, Genesis 42:22, Exodus 18:15, Leviticus 10:16, Deuteronomy 4:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1875; TAHOT Jeremiah 10:21 word 7

עַל\־'al-there-

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Jeremiah 10:21 word 8

כֵּן֙ken-fore

Lemma: כֵּן (ken) · Strong's: H3651C

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: so

Used 734 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3651C; TAHOT Jeremiah 10:21 word 9

לֹ֣אlo'not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Jeremiah 10:21 word 10

הִשְׂכִּ֔ילוּhis.Ki.luthey have prospered

Lemma: שָׂכַל (sa.khal) · Strong's: H7919A

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVhp3cp)

Meaning: be prudent

Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Deuteronomy 29:9, Deuteronomy 32:29, Joshua 1:7, Joshua 1:8, 1 Samuel 18:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7919A; TAHOT Jeremiah 10:21 word 11

וְכָל\־ve.kholand all

Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: all

Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Jeremiah 10:21 word 12

מַרְעִיתָ֖םmar.'i.Tamflock their

Lemma: מַרְעִית (mir.it) · Strong's: H4830

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: pasturing

Used 10 times. Also: Psalms 74:1, Psalms 79:13, Psalms 95:7, Psalms 100:3, Isaiah 49:9, Jeremiah 23:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4830; TAHOT Jeremiah 10:21 word 13

נָפֽוֹצָה\׃\ \סna.Fo.tzahit has been scattered

Lemma: פּוּץ (puts) · Strong's: H6327A

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVNp3fs)

Meaning: to scatter

Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 10:18, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:8, Genesis 11:9, Genesis 49:7, Exodus 5:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6327A; TAHOT Jeremiah 10:21 word 14

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

For	→	כִּי H3588A for
the shepherds	→	רָעָה H7462B to pasture
have become senseless	→	בָּעַר H1197B be brutish
they do not	→	לֹא H3808 not
seek	→	דָּרַשׁ H1875 to seek
the LORD	→	יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD
Therefore	→	עַל H5921A upon
. . .	→	כֵּן H3651C so
they have not	→	לֹא H3808 not
prospered	→	שָׂכַל H7919A be prudent
and all their	→	כֹּל H3605 all
flock	→	מַרְעִית H4830 pasturing
is scattered	→	פּוּץ H6327A to scatter

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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