Jeremiah 1:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond-tree.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֤י דְבַר־יְהוָה֙ אֵלַ֣י לֵאמֹ֔ר מָה־אַתָּ֥ה רֹאֶ֖ה יִרְמְיָ֑הוּ וָאֹמַ֕ר מַקֵּ֥ל שָׁקֵ֖ד אֲנִ֥י רֹאֶֽה׃

Transliteration

wa-yĕhî dĕbar-YHWH ʾēlay lēʾmōr what-ʾattāh rōʾeh Yirmĕyāhû wā-ʾōmar maqqēl šāqēd ʾănî rōʾeh

Grammar Details

• *wa-yĕhî*: waw-consecutive with Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it was/came
• *dĕbar*: construct singular - word of
• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *ʾēlay*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me
• *lēʾmōr*: Qal infinitive construct - saying
• *ʾattāh*: 2nd person masculine singular independent pronoun - you
• *rōʾeh*: Qal participle masculine singular - seeing
• *Yirmĕyāhû*: proper name - Jeremiah
• *wā-ʾōmar*: waw-consecutive with Qal imperfect 1st singular - and I said
• *maqqēl*: singular noun - rod/staff
• *šāqēd*: singular noun - almond
• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular independent pronoun - I

Word Meanings

• *wa-yĕhî*: and it was/and it came/and it happened
• *maqqēl*: rod/staff/branch
• *šāqēd*: almond/watching (wordplay in Hebrew with *šōqēd* - watching)

Referenced Verses

• Amos 7:8 : 8 And Jehovah said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumb-line. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel; I will not again pass by them any more;
• Amos 8:2 : 2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said Jehovah unto me, The end is come upon my people Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
• Zech 5:2 : 2 And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.
• Zech 4:2 : 2 And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have seen, and, behold, a candlestick all of gold, with its bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon; there are seven pipes to each of the lamps, which are upon the top thereof;
• Jer 24:3 : 3 Then said Jehovah unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.
• Ezek 7:10 : 10 Behold, the day, behold, it cometh: thy doom is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
• Num 17:8 : 8 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and bare ripe almonds.