The Meaning of Jeremiah 49:15 Explained

Jeremiah 49:15

KJV: For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.

YLT: For, lo, little I have made thee among nations, Despised among men.

Darby: For behold, I have made thee small among the nations, despised among men.

ASV: For, behold, I have made thee small among the nations, and despised among men.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For, lo, I will make  thee small  among the heathen,  [and] despised  among men. 

What does Jeremiah 49:15 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 49

1  The judgment of the Ammonites
6  Their restoration
7  The judgment of Edom
23  of Damascus
28  of Kedar
30  of Hazor
34  and of Elam
39  The restoration of Elam

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 49:15 mean?

For indeed small I will make you among nations Despised among men
כִּֽי־ הִנֵּ֥ה קָטֹ֛ן נְתַתִּ֖יךָ בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם בָּז֖וּי בָּאָדָֽם

הִנֵּ֥ה  indeed 
Parse: Interjection
Root: הִנֵּה  
Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
קָטֹ֛ן  small 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: קָטָן 
Sense: young, small, insignificant, unimportant.
נְתַתִּ֖יךָ  I  will  make  you 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular, second person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם  among  nations 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: גֹּוי 
Sense: nation, people.
בָּז֖וּי  Despised 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: בָּזָה 
Sense: to despise, hold in contempt, disdain.
בָּאָדָֽם  among  men 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.

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