Jeremiah 51:17
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.”
רוּחַ
Spirit, wind, breath. Ruach. The breath of God that gives life. The Holy Spirit. The same word used when the Spirit hovered over the waters of creation.
כֹּל
every
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כֹּל
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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בָּעַר
he is stupid
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בָּעַר
to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish
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צָרַף
metalsmith
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צָרַף
to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)
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שֶׁקֶר
is deception
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שֶׁקֶר
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
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נֶסֶךְ
molten image/ his
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נֶסֶךְ
a libation; also a cast idol
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