Jeremiah 16:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

neither shall men break [bread] for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹֽא־יִפְרְס֥וּ לָהֶ֛ם עַל־אֵ֖בֶל לְנַחֲמ֣וֹ עַל־מֵ֑ת וְלֹֽא־יַשְׁק֤וּ אוֹתָם֙ כּ֣וֹס תַּנְחוּמִ֔ים עַל־אָבִ֖יו וְעַל־אִמּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And-not yip̄rəsû for-them over ʾēḇel to-naḥămô over mēṯ and-not yašqû ʾôṯām kôs tanḥûmîm over ʾāḇîw and-over ʾimmô

Grammar Details

*yip̄rəsû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they shall break/distribute
*ʾēḇel*: masculine singular noun - mourning
*naḥămô*: piel infinitive construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to comfort him
*mēṯ*: masculine singular adjective/noun - dead person
*yašqû*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they shall cause to drink
*ʾôṯām*: direct object marker + 3rd masculine plural suffix - them
*kôs*: feminine singular construct - cup of
*tanḥûmîm*: masculine plural noun - consolations/comfort
*ʾāḇîw*: masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his father
*ʾimmô*: feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his mother

Word Meanings

*yip̄rəsû*: break bread/distribute food/divide
*ʾēḇel*: mourning/grief
*tanḥûmîm*: consolations/comfort

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 24:17 : 17 Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead; bind thy headtire upon thee, and put thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
Hos 9:4 : 4 They shall not pour out [wine-] [offerings] to Jehovah, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted; for their bread shall be for their appetite; it shall not come into the house of Jehovah.
Deut 26:14 : 14 I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I put away thereof, being unclean, nor given thereof for the dead: I have hearkened to the voice of Jehovah my God; I have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.
Job 42:11 : 11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one a ring of gold.
Prov 31:6-7 : 6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul: 7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.

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