Jeremiah 5:26
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men."
Word-by-Word Analysis
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
נָשָׂא
nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
פַּח
pach
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
חָטַף
châṭaph
to clutch; hence, to seize as aprisoner
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
Key Terms in This Verse
פַּח pach
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
Study H6341 →נָשָׂא nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
Study H5375 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →Cross References
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
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