{
"verseID": "Jeremiah.35.15",
"source": "וָאֶשְׁלַ֣ח אֲלֵיכֶ֣ם אֶת־כָּל־עֲבָדַ֣י הַנְּבִאִ֣ים ׀ הַשְׁכֵּ֣ים וְשָׁלֹ֣חַ ׀ לֵאמֹ֡ר שֻׁבוּ־נָ֡א אִישׁ֩ מִדַּרְכּ֨וֹ הָרָעָ֜ה וְהֵיטִ֣יבוּ מַֽעַלְלֵיכֶ֗ם וְאַל־תֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ אַחֲרֵ֨י אֱלֹהִ֤ים אֲחֵרִים֙ לְעָבְדָ֔ם וּשְׁבוּ֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֥תִּי לָכֶ֖ם וְלַאֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם וְלֹ֤א הִטִּיתֶם֙ אֶֽת־אָזְנְכֶ֔ם וְלֹ֥א שְׁמַעְתֶּ֖ם אֵלָֽי׃",
"text": "*wāʾešlaḥ* to-you *ʾet*-all-my *ʿăbāday* the-*nĕbîʾîm* the-*haškēm* *wĕšālōaḥ* *lēʾmōr* *šūbû*-*nāʾ* *ʾîš* from-*darkô* the-*rāʿāh* *wĕhêṭîbû* *maʿallêkem* *wĕʾal*-*tēlĕkû* after *ʾĕlōhîm* *ʾăḥērîm* *lĕʿobdām* *ûšĕbû* to-the-*ʾădāmāh* which-*nātattî* to-you *wĕlaʾăbōtêkem* *wĕlōʾ* *hiṭṭîtem* *ʾet*-your ear *wĕlōʾ* *šĕmaʿtem* to-me.",
"grammar": {
"*wāʾešlaḥ*": "imperfect verb with waw consecutive, 1st person singular - and I sent",
"*ʿăbāday*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my servants",
"*nĕbîʾîm*": "noun, masculine plural - prophets",
"*haškēm*": "infinitive absolute - rising early",
"*wĕšālōaḥ*": "conjunction + infinitive absolute - and sending",
"*lēʾmōr*": "preposition + infinitive construct - saying",
"*šūbû*": "imperative verb, masculine plural - return",
"*nāʾ*": "particle - please",
"*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - each man",
"*darkô*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his way",
"*rāʿāh*": "adjective, feminine singular - evil",
"*wĕhêṭîbû*": "conjunction + imperative verb, masculine plural (Hiphil) - and make good/improve",
"*maʿallêkem*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your deeds",
"*wĕʾal*": "conjunction + negative particle - and do not",
"*tēlĕkû*": "imperfect verb, 2nd person masculine plural - you go",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine plural - gods",
"*ʾăḥērîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - other",
"*lĕʿobdām*": "preposition + infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to serve them",
"*ûšĕbû*": "conjunction + imperative verb, masculine plural - and dwell",
"*ʾădāmāh*": "noun, feminine singular - land/ground",
"*nātattî*": "perfect verb, 1st person singular - I gave",
"*wĕlaʾăbōtêkem*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - and to your fathers",
"*wĕlōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not",
"*hiṭṭîtem*": "perfect verb, 2nd person masculine plural (Hiphil) - you inclined",
"*wĕlōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not",
"*šĕmaʿtem*": "perfect verb, 2nd person masculine plural - you listened"
},
"variants": {
"*wāʾešlaḥ*": "and I sent/dispatched",
"*ʿăbāday*": "my servants/messengers",
"*nĕbîʾîm*": "prophets/spokesmen",
"*haškēm*": "rising early/persistently/diligently",
"*wĕšālōaḥ*": "and sending/dispatching",
"*šūbû*": "return/turn back/repent",
"*nāʾ*": "please/now (particle of entreaty)",
"*darkô*": "his way/path/manner",
"*rāʿāh*": "evil/wicked/harmful",
"*wĕhêṭîbû*": "and make good/improve/reform",
"*maʿallêkem*": "your deeds/actions/practices",
"*tēlĕkû*": "you go/walk/follow",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "gods/deities",
"*ʾăḥērîm*": "other/foreign/strange",
"*lĕʿobdām*": "to serve/worship them",
"*ûšĕbû*": "and dwell/live/remain",
"*ʾădāmāh*": "land/ground/soil",
"*hiṭṭîtem*": "you inclined/turned/bent",
"*šĕmaʿtem*": "you listened/obeyed/heeded"
}
}