Jeremiah 28:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou hast broken the bars of wood; but thou hast made in their stead bars of iron.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הָלוֹךְ֩ וְאָמַרְתָּ֨ אֶל־חֲנַנְיָ֜ה לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה מוֹטֹ֥ת עֵ֖ץ שָׁבָ֑רְתָּ וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ תַחְתֵּיהֶ֖ן מֹט֥וֹת בַּרְזֶֽל

Transliteration

hālôk and-ʾāmartā to-ḥănanyâ lēʾmōr thus ʾāmar YHWH môṭôt ʿēṣ šābārtā and-ʿāśîtā taḥtêhen mōṭôt barzel

Grammar Details

*hālôk*: qal infinitive absolute - go/going
*ʾāmartā*: qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - you shall say
*ḥănanyâ*: proper noun - Hananiah
*lēʾmōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to say/saying
*ʾāmar*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he said/spoke
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*môṭôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - yokes of
*ʿēṣ*: noun, masculine singular - wood/tree
*šābārtā*: qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - you have broken
*ʿāśîtā*: qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - you have made
*taḥtêhen*: preposition + 3rd feminine plural suffix - instead of them
*mōṭôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - yokes of
*barzel*: noun, masculine singular - iron

Word Meanings

*hālôk*: go/going/walk (emphatic)
*lēʾmōr*: saying/to say/as follows
*môṭôt*: yokes/bars/restraints
*ʿēṣ*: wood/timber/tree
*šābārtā*: you have broken/you have shattered
*ʿāśîtā*: you have made/you have fashioned/you have prepared
*barzel*: iron/iron implements

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 149:8 : 8 To bind their kings with chains, And their nobles with fetters of iron;
Jer 27:15 : 15 For I have not sent them, saith Jehovah, but they prophesy falsely in my name; that I may drive you out, and that ye may perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.
Lam 2:14 : 14 Thy prophets have seen for thee false and foolish visions; And they have not uncovered thine iniquity, to bring back thy captivity, But have seen for thee false oracles and causes of banishment.

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