The Meaning of Jeremiah 18:3 Explained

Jeremiah 18:3

KJV: Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.

YLT: and I go down to the potter's house, and lo, he is doing a work on the stones,

Darby: And I went down to the potter's house; and behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.

ASV: Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he was making a work on the wheels.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then I went down  to the potter's  house,  and, behold,  he wrought  a work  on the wheels. 

What does Jeremiah 18:3 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 18

1  Under the type of a potter is shown God's absolute power in disposing of nations
11  Judgments threatened to Judah for her strange revolt
18  Jeremiah prays against his conspirators

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 18:3 mean?

And I went down to house of the potter - and there was he making something at the wheel
וָאֵרֵ֖ד בֵּ֣ית הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר [והנהו] (וְהִנֵּה־) (ה֛וּא‪‬) עֹשֶׂ֥ה מְלָאכָ֖ה עַל־ הָאָבְנָֽיִם

וָאֵרֵ֖ד  And  I  went  down 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular
Root: יָרַד  
Sense: to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down.
בֵּ֣ית  to  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר  of  the  potter 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: יׄוצֵר 
Sense: to form, fashion, frame.
[והנהו]  - 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection, third person masculine singular
(וְהִנֵּה־)  and  there  was 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection
עֹשֶׂ֥ה  making 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
מְלָאכָ֖ה  something 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: מְלָאכָה  
Sense: occupation, work, business.
עַל־  at 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
הָאָבְנָֽיִם  the  wheel 
Parse: Article, Noun, md
Root: אָבְנַיִם  
Sense: wheel, disc.

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