Jeremiah 26:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then the priests and the prophets said to the rulers and to all the people, The right fate for this man is death; for he has said words against this town in your hearing.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֤ים וְהַנְּבִאִים֙ אֶל־הַשָּׂרִ֔ים וְאֶל־כָּל־הָעָ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר מִשְׁפַּט־מָ֙וֶת֙ לָאִ֣ישׁ הַזֶּ֔ה כִּ֤י נִבָּא֙ אֶל־הָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֔את כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר שְׁמַעְתֶּ֖ם בְּאָזְנֵיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And-wayyōʾmərû the-kōhănîm and-the-nəḇiʾîm to-the-śārîm and-to-all-the-ʿām saying, mišpaṭ-māweṯ to-the-ʾîš the-this because nibbāʾ to-the-ʿîr the-this as-which šəmaʿtem in-ʾāzənêḵem.

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmərû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with waw-consecutive - they said
• *kōhănîm*: masculine plural with definite article - the priests
• *nəḇiʾîm*: masculine plural with definite article - the prophets
• *śārîm*: masculine plural with definite article - the officials
• *mišpaṭ*: construct state, masculine singular - judgment of
• *māweṯ*: masculine singular - death
• *ʾîš*: masculine singular with definite article - the man
• *nibbāʾ*: Niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he prophesied
• *ʿîr*: feminine singular with definite article - the city
• *šəmaʿtem*: Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you heard
• *ʾāzənêḵem*: feminine dual with 2nd person masculine plural possessive suffix - your ears

Word Meanings

• *mišpaṭ-māweṯ*: death sentence/judgment of death
• *ʾōzen*: ear/hearing

Referenced Verses

• Jer 38:4 : 4 Then the rulers said to the king, Let this man be put to death, because he is putting fear into the hearts of the men of war who are still in the town, and into the hearts of the people, by saying such things to them: this man is not working for the well-being of the people, but for their damage.
• Matt 26:66 : 66 What is your opinion? They made answer and said, It is right for him to be put to death.
• Deut 18:20 : 20 But the prophet who takes it on himself to say words in my name which I have not given him orders to say, or who says anything in the name of other gods, will come to his death.
• Acts 6:11-14 : 11 Then they got men to say, He has said evil against Moses and against God, in our hearing. 12 And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin, 13 And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law: 14 For he has said in our hearing that this Jesus of Nazareth will put this place to destruction and make changes in the rules which were handed down to us by Moses.
• Acts 22:22 : 22 And they gave him a hearing as far as this word; then with loud voices they said, Away with this man from the earth; it is not right for him to be living.
• Acts 24:4-9 : 4 But, so that I may not make you tired, I make a request to you of your mercy, to give hearing to a short statement. 5 For this man, in our opinion, is a cause of trouble, a maker of attacks on the government among Jews through all the empire, and a chief mover in the society of the Nazarenes: 6 Who, in addition, was attempting to make the Temple unclean: whom we took, 7 [] 8 And from whom you will be able, by questioning him yourself, to get knowledge of all the things which we say against him. 9 And the Jews were in agreement with his statement, saying that these things were so.
• Acts 25:2-9 : 2 And the chief priests and the chief men of the Jews made statements against Paul, 3 Requesting Festus to give effect to their design against him, and send him to Jerusalem, when they would be waiting to put him to death on the way. 4 But Festus, in answer, said that Paul was being kept in prison at Caesarea, and that in a short time he himself was going there. 5 So, he said, let those who have authority among you go with me, and if there is any wrong in the man, let them make a statement against him. 6 And when he had been with them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the day after, he took his place on the judge's seat, and sent for Paul. 7 And when he came, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem came round him, and made all sorts of serious statements against him, which were not supported by the facts. 8 Then Paul, in his answer to them, said, I have done no wrong against the law of the Jews, or against the Temple, or against Caesar. 9 But Festus, desiring to get the approval of the Jews, said to Paul, Will you go up to Jerusalem, and be judged before me there in connection with these things? 10 And Paul said, I am before the seat of Caesar's authority where it is right for me to be judged: I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you are well able to see. 11 If, then, I am a wrongdoer and there is a cause of death in me, I am ready for death: if it is not as they say against me, no man may give me up to them. Let my cause come before Caesar. 12 Then Festus, having had a discussion with the Jews, made answer, You have said, Let my cause come before Caesar; to Caesar you will go. 13 Now when some days had gone by, King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea and went to see Festus.
• Luke 23:1-5 : 1 And they all went and took him before Pilate. 2 And they made statements against him, saying, This man has to our knowledge been teaching our nation to do wrong, and not to make payment of taxes to Caesar, even saying that he himself is Christ, a king. 3 And Pilate said to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he said in answer, You say so. 4 And Pilate said to the chief priests and the people, In my opinion this man has done no wrong. 5 But they became more violent than before, saying, He has made trouble among the people, teaching through all Judaea from Galilee to this place.
• John 18:30 : 30 They said to him in answer, If the man was not a wrongdoer we would not have given him up to you.
• John 19:7 : 7 And the Jews made answer, We have a law, and by that law it is right for him to be put to death because he said he was the Son of God.
• Jer 18:23 : 23 But you, Lord, have knowledge of all the designs which they have made against my life; let not their evil-doing be covered or their sin be washed away from before your eyes: but let it be a cause of falling before you: so do to them in the time of your wrath.