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Jeremiah 18:3

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

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וָאֵרֵ֖דvaeredand bring downיָרַדconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and bring down”, the next action in the storyH3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)[idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take…בֵּ֣יתbeytfamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…הַיּוֹצֵ֑רhayotserthe formיָצַרdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the form”, a verb used as a describing wordH3335to mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)[idiom] earthen, fashion, form, frame, make(-r), potter, purpose.והנהוvhnhvand loהִנֵּהconjunction, particle, demonstrative, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and lo”H2009lo!behold, lo, see.וְהִנֵּהvehinehand loהִנֵּהconjunction, particle, demonstrative — “and lo”H2009lo!behold, lo, see.ה֛וּאhuas 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.עֹשֶׂ֥הosehdoעָשָׂהverb, qal, participle, absolute — “do”, a verb used as a describing wordH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…מְלָאכָ֖הmelakhahwork , -manshipמְלָאכָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “work , -manship”, the ordinary formH4399properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)business, [phrase] cattle, [phrase] industrious, occupation, ([phrase] -pied), [phrase] officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship).עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הָאָבְנָֽיִםhaavenayimthe wheelאֹבֶןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, dual, absolute — “the wheel”, the ordinary formH70a pair of stones (only dual); a potter's wheel or a midwife's stool (consisting alike of two horizontal disks with a support between)wheel, stool.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he was at his work on the wheels.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

Then I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he was making something on the wheels.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

And I went down into the potter’s house, and behold he was doing a work on the wheel.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he was at his work on the wheels.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

So I went down to the potter's house, and behold, he was making a vessel on the stones.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ κατέβην εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ κεραμέως, καὶ ἰδοὺ αὐτὸς ἐποίει ἔργον ἐπὶ τῶν λίθων.