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Jeremiah 10:8

But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

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וּבְאַחַ֖תuveachatand in firstאֶחָדconjunction, preposition, adjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “and in first”, the ordinary formH259properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) firsta, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,יִבְעֲר֣וּyivarvbe brutishבָּעַרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “be brutish”, an unfinished actionH1197to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutishbe brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, kindle, set (on fire), waste.וְיִכְסָ֑לוּveyikhsalvand be foolishכָּסַלconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and be foolish”, an unfinished actionH3688properly, to be fat, i.e. (figuratively) sillybe foolish.מוּסַ֥רmusarchastisementמוּסָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “chastisement”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4148properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraintbond, chastening(-eth), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.הֲבָלִ֖יםhavalimvanityהֶבֶלnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “vanity”, the ordinary formH1892emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb[idiom] altogether, vain, vanity.עֵ֥ץetstreeעֵץnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “tree”, the ordinary formH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.הֽוּאhuas for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the vanities by which they are instructed are but a stock;

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American Standard Version (1901)

But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.

Young’s Literal Translation

And in one they are brutish and foolish, An instruction of vanities [is] the tree itself.

World English Bible

But they are together brutish and foolish, instructed by idols! It is just wood.

Darby Translation

But they are one and all senseless and foolish; the teaching of vanities is a stock.

Douay-Rheims

They shall all proved together to be senseless and foolish: the doctrine of their vanity is wood.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)