Jeremiah 42:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֵאמֹ֗ר לֹ֚א כִּ֣י אֶ֤רֶץ מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ נָב֔וֹא אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־נִרְאֶה֙ מִלְחָמָ֔ה וְק֥וֹל שׁוֹפָ֖ר לֹ֣א נִשְׁמָ֑ע וְלַלֶּ֥חֶם לֹֽא־נִרְעָ֖ב וְשָׁ֥ם נֵשֵֽׁב׃

Transliteration

Lêʾmōr, "No, for ʾereṣ miṣrayim we-nāḇôʾ, where not-we-nirʾeh milḥāmāh and-qôl šôp̄ār not we-nišmāʿ and-for-the-leḥem not-we-nirʿāḇ and-there we-nêšêḇ."

Grammar Details

*Lêʾmōr*: Qal infinitive construct - saying
*ʾereṣ*: feminine singular construct - land of
*miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
*nāḇôʾ*: Qal imperfect 1st person plural - we will go/come
*nirʾeh*: Qal imperfect 1st person plural - we will see
*milḥāmāh*: feminine singular noun - war/battle
*qôl*: masculine singular construct - sound of
*šôp̄ār*: masculine singular noun - trumpet/ram's horn
*nišmāʿ*: Qal imperfect 1st person plural - we will hear
*leḥem*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the bread
*nirʿāḇ*: Qal imperfect 1st person plural - we will hunger
*nêšêḇ*: Qal imperfect 1st person plural - we will dwell

Word Meanings

*ʾereṣ*: land/territory/region
*nāḇôʾ*: we will come/go/enter
*nirʾeh*: we will see/experience/witness
*milḥāmāh*: war/battle/conflict
*qôl*: sound/voice/noise
*šôp̄ār*: trumpet/horn/ram's horn
*nišmāʿ*: we will hear/listen to/obey
*leḥem*: bread/food/sustenance
*nirʿāḇ*: we will hunger/be hungry/starve
*nêšêḇ*: we will dwell/stay/remain

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Referenced Verses

Jer 4:19 : 19 My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I cannot hold my peace; because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Jer 41:17 : 17 and they departed, and dwelt in Geruth Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem, to go to enter into Egypt,
Jer 4:21 : 21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
Exod 16:3 : 3 and the children of Israel said unto them, Would that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
Isa 31:1 : 1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek Jehovah!
Exod 17:3 : 3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore hast thou brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
Num 11:4-5 : 4 And the mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? 5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic:
Num 16:13 : 13 is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs make thyself also a prince over us?
Deut 29:19 : 19 and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry.
Isa 30:16 : 16 but ye said, No, for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
Jer 43:7 : 7 and they came into the land of Egypt; for they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah: and they came unto Tahpanhes.

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