Jeremiah 31:29

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם לֹא־יֹאמְר֣וּ ע֔וֹד אָב֖וֹת אָ֣כְלוּ בֹ֑סֶר וְשִׁנֵּ֥י בָנִ֖ים תִּקְהֶֽינָה׃

Transliteration

bayyāmîm hāhēm lōʾ-yōʾmərû ʿôḏ ʾāḇôt ʾāḵəlû ḇōser wə-šinnê ḇānîm tiqhênāh.

Grammar Details

*bayyāmîm*: preposition + definite article + masculine plural noun - in the days
*hāhēm*: demonstrative pronoun masculine plural - those
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yōʾmərû*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will say
*ʿôḏ*: adverb - anymore/still/again
*ʾāḇôt*: masculine plural noun - fathers
*ʾāḵəlû*: qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they ate
*ḇōser*: masculine singular noun - sour grapes
*wə-šinnê*: conjunction + feminine plural construct noun - and teeth of
*ḇānîm*: masculine plural noun - sons/children
*tiqhênāh*: qal imperfect 3rd person feminine plural - they are set on edge

Word Meanings

*ʾāḇôt*: fathers/ancestors/forefathers
*ḇōser*: sour grapes/unripe grapes
*tiqhênāh*: are set on edge/are blunted/are dulled

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Lam 5:7 : 7 Our fathers sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities.
Ezek 18:2-3 : 2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? 3 As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, ye shall not have [occasion] any more to use this proverb in Israel.
Jer 31:30 : 30 But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.

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