Jeremiah 26:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּקֻ֣מוּ אֲנָשִׁ֔ים מִזִּקְנֵ֖י הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ אֶל־כָּל־קְהַ֥ל הָעָ֖ם לֵאמֹֽר׃

Transliteration

And-wayyāqumû ʾănāšîm from-ziqnê the-ʾāreṣ and-wayyōʾmərû to-all-qəhal the-ʿām saying:

Grammar Details

*wayyāqumû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with waw-consecutive - they rose
*ʾănāšîm*: masculine plural - men
*ziqnê*: construct state, masculine plural - elders of
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular with definite article - the land
*wayyōʾmərû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with waw-consecutive - they said
*qəhal*: construct state, masculine singular - assembly of
*ʿām*: masculine singular with definite article - the people

Word Meanings

*qûm*: rise/stand/establish
*ʾîš*: man/person/husband
*zāqēn*: elder/old man
*qāhāl*: assembly/congregation/gathering

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Acts 5:34 : 34 But there stood up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in honor of all the people, and commanded to put the men forth a little while.
Mic 1:1 : 1 The word of Jehovah that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

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