Jeremiah 7:18
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Berean Study Bible
The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.

Young's Literal Translation
The sons are gathering wood, And the fathers are causing the fire to burn, And the women are kneading dough, To make cakes to the queen of the heavens, And to pour out libations to other gods, So as to provoke Me to anger.

King James Bible
The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead [their] dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

Hebrew
The sons
הַבָּנִ֞ים (hab·bā·nîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1121: A son

gather
מְלַקְּטִ֣ים (mə·laq·qə·ṭîm)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 3950: To pick up, to gather, to glean

wood,
עֵצִ֗ים (‘ê·ṣîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood

the fathers
וְהָֽאָבוֹת֙ (wə·hā·’ā·ḇō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1: Father

light
מְבַעֲרִ֣ים (mə·ḇa·‘ă·rîm)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 1197: To kindle, consume, to be, brutish

the fire,
הָאֵ֔שׁ (hā·’êš)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 784: A fire

and the women
וְהַנָּשִׁ֖ים (wə·han·nā·šîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

knead
לָשׁ֣וֹת (lā·šō·wṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's 3888: To knead

the dough
בָּצֵ֑ק (bā·ṣêq)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1217: Dough (for cooking)

to make
לַעֲשׂ֨וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 6213: To do, make

cakes
כַּוָּנִ֜ים (kaw·wā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3561: Something prepared, a sacrificial wafer

for the Queen
לִמְלֶ֣כֶת (lim·le·ḵeṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 4446: A queen

of Heaven;
הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

they pour out
וְהַסֵּ֤ךְ (wə·has·sêḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 5258: To pour out, a libation, to cast, to anoint a, king

drink offerings
נְסָכִים֙ (nə·sā·ḵîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5262: A libation, a cast idol

to other
אֲחֵרִ֔ים (’ă·ḥê·rîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 312: Hinder, next, other

gods
לֵאלֹהִ֣ים (lê·lō·hîm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

to
לְמַ֖עַן (lə·ma·‘an)
Conjunction
Strong's 4616: Purpose -- intent

provoke Me to anger.
הַכְעִסֵֽנִי׃ (haḵ·‘i·sê·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3707: To trouble, to grieve, rage, be indignant

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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