Jeremiah 18:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רֶ֣גַע אֲדַבֵּ֔ר עַל־גּ֖וֹי וְעַל־מַמְלָכָ֑ה לִנְת֥וֹשׁ וְלִנְת֖וֹץ וּֽלְהַאֲבִֽיד׃

Transliteration

Regaʿ I ʾădabbēr concerning-gôy and concerning-mamlākāh to lintôš and to lintôṣ and to lĕhaʾăbîd

Grammar Details

*Regaʿ*: noun, masculine singular - moment/instant
*ʾădabbēr*: verb, piel imperfect, 1st person singular - I speak/declare
*gôy*: noun, masculine singular - nation/people
*mamlākāh*: noun, feminine singular - kingdom/dominion
*lintôš*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to uproot/pluck up
*lintôṣ*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to tear down/demolish
*lĕhaʾăbîd*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to destroy/cause to perish

Word Meanings

*Regaʿ*: moment/instant/suddenly
*ʾădabbēr*: I speak/declare/pronounce
*gôy*: nation/people/gentiles
*mamlākāh*: kingdom/realm/dominion
*lintôš*: to uproot/pluck up/tear out
*lintôṣ*: to break down/demolish/tear down
*lĕhaʾăbîd*: to destroy/exterminate/cause to perish

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Referenced Verses

Jer 1:10 : 10 see, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.
Jer 12:14-17 : 14 Thus saith Jehovah against all mine evil neighbors, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit: behold, I will pluck them up from off their land, and will pluck up the house of Judah from among them. 15 And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them up, I will return and have compassion on them; and I will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land. 16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As Jehovah liveth; even as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of my people. 17 But if they will not hear, then will I pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it, saith Jehovah.
Jer 25:9-9 : 9 behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and [I will send] unto Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations. 10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp. 11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. 12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith Jehovah, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it desolate for ever. 13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations. 14 For many nations and great kings shall make bondmen of them, even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.
Jer 45:4 : 4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land.
Amos 9:8 : 8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord Jehovah are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; save that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith Jehovah.
Jonah 3:4 : 4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

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