Jeremiah 1:5
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

Young's Literal Translation
‘Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.’

King James Bible
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, [and] I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

Hebrew
“Before
בְּטֶ֨רֶם (bə·ṭe·rem)
Preposition-b | Adverb
Strong's 2962: Non-occurrence, not yet, before

I formed
אֶצָּרְךָ֤ (’eṣ·ṣā·rə·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3335: To mould into a, form, as a, potter, to determine

you in the womb
בַבֶּ֙טֶן֙ (ḇab·be·ṭen)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 990: The belly, the womb, the bosom, body of anything

I knew you,
יְדַעְתִּ֔יךָ (yə·ḏa‘·tî·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3045: To know

and before
וּבְטֶ֛רֶם (ū·ḇə·ṭe·rem)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Adverb
Strong's 2962: Non-occurrence, not yet, before

you were born
תֵּצֵ֥א (tê·ṣê)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

I set you apart
הִקְדַּשְׁתִּ֑יךָ (hiq·daš·tî·ḵā)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6942: To be set apart or consecrated

[and] appointed
נְתַתִּֽיךָ׃ (nə·ṯat·tî·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

you a prophet
נָבִ֥יא (nā·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet

to the nations.”
לַגּוֹיִ֖ם (lag·gō·w·yim)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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