Jeremiah 4:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry aloud and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַגִּ֣ידוּ בִֽיהוּדָ֗ה וּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ הַשְׁמִ֔יעוּ וְאִמְר֕וּ *ותקעו **תִּקְע֥וּ שׁוֹפָ֖ר בָּאָ֑רֶץ קִרְא֤וּ מַלְאוּ֙ וְאִמְר֔וּ הֵאָסְפ֥וּ וְנָב֖וֹאָה אֶל־עָרֵ֥י הַמִּבְצָֽר׃

Transliteration

Haggîdû in Yəhûdāh and in Yərûšālaim, hašmîʿû and ʾimrû tiqʿû šôpār in the ʾāreṣ; qirʾû malʾû and ʾimrû, hēʾāsəpû and nābôʾāh to ʿārê the mibṣār

Grammar Details

*Haggîdû*: hiphil imperative, masculine plural - declare/proclaim
*Yəhûdāh*: proper noun - Judah
*Yərûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
*hašmîʿû*: hiphil imperative, masculine plural - cause to hear/proclaim
*ʾimrû*: qal imperative, masculine plural - say/speak
*tiqʿû*: qal imperative, masculine plural - blow/sound
*šôpār*: masculine singular noun - ram's horn/trumpet
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun - land/earth
*qirʾû*: qal imperative, masculine plural - call/cry out
*malʾû*: piel imperative, masculine plural - fill/fulfill
*hēʾāsəpû*: niphal imperative, masculine plural - gather yourselves/assemble
*nābôʾāh*: qal cohortative, 1st common plural - let us go/enter
*ʿārê*: feminine plural noun, construct - cities of
*mibṣār*: masculine singular noun - fortification/stronghold

Word Meanings

*Haggîdû*: declare/proclaim/announce
*hašmîʿû*: cause to hear/proclaim/announce
*ʾimrû*: say/speak/command
*tiqʿû*: blow/sound/blast
*šôpār*: ram's horn/trumpet/shofar
*ʾāreṣ*: land/earth/territory
*qirʾû*: call/cry out/proclaim
*malʾû*: fill/fulfill/completely
*hēʾāsəpû*: gather yourselves/assemble/be gathered
*nābôʾāh*: let us go/enter/come
*ʿārê*: cities/towns
*mibṣār*: fortification/stronghold/fortress

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Referenced Verses

Jer 8:14 : 14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah.
Josh 10:20 : 20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the fortified cities,
Jer 6:1 : 1 Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth-haccherem; for evil looketh forth from the north, and a great destruction.
Hos 8:1 : 1 [Set] the trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle [he cometh] against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
Amos 3:6 : 6 Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?
Amos 3:8 : 8 The lion hath roared; who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken; who can but prophesy?
Jer 5:20 : 20 Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
Jer 9:12 : 12 Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and [who is] he to whom the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken, that he may declare it? wherefore is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passeth through?
Jer 11:2 : 2 Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
Jer 35:11 : 11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians; so we dwell at Jerusalem.
Ezek 33:2-6 : 2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and set him for their watchman; 3 if, when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; 4 then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning, if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him; whereas if he had taken warning, he would have delivered his soul. 6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned, and the sword come, and take any person from among them; he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

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