8{
"verseID": "Jeremiah.21.8",
"source": "וְאֶל־הָעָ֤ם הַזֶּה֙ תֹּאמַ֔ר כֹּ֖ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה הִנְנִ֤י נֹתֵן֙ לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם אֶת־דֶּ֥רֶךְ הַחַיִּ֖ים וְאֶת־דֶּ֥רֶךְ הַמָּֽוֶת׃",
"text": "And to the *ʿām* the *zeh* *tōʾmar*: Thus *ʾāmar* *yhwh*: *hinĕnî* *nōtēn* before you *ʾet*-*derek* the *ḥayyîm* and *ʾet*-*derek* the *māwet*.",
"grammar": {
"*wĕʾel*": "conjunction with preposition - and to",
"*ʿām*": "noun, masculine, singular - people",
"*zeh*": "demonstrative adjective, masculine singular - this",
"*tōʾmar*": "verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you shall say",
"*kōh*": "adverb - thus/so",
"*ʾāmar*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - said",
"*yhwh*": "proper noun - the LORD",
"*hinĕnî*": "interjection with 1st person singular suffix - behold me",
"*nōtēn*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - giving",
"*lipnêkem*": "preposition with noun and 2nd person masculine plural suffix - before you",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*derek*": "noun, masculine, singular, construct - way of",
"*ḥayyîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - life",
"*māwet*": "noun, masculine, singular - death"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿām*": "people/nation",
"*tōʾmar*": "you shall say/speak/tell",
"*nōtēn*": "giving/placing/setting",
"*derek*": "way/road/path",
"*ḥayyîm*": "life/living",
"*māwet*": "death/dying"
}
}
9{
"verseID": "Jeremiah.21.9",
"source": "הַיֹּשֵׁב֙ בָּעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֔את יָמ֕וּת בַּחֶ֖רֶב וּבָרָעָ֣ב וּבַדָּ֑בֶר וְהַיּוֹצֵא֩ וְנָפַ֨ל עַל־הַכַּשְׂדִּ֜ים הַצָּרִ֤ים עֲלֵיכֶם֙ *יחיה **וְחָיָ֔ה וְהָֽיְתָה־לּ֥וֹ נַפְשׁ֖וֹ לְשָׁלָֽל׃",
"text": "The *yōšēb* in the *ʿîr* the *zōʾt* *yāmût* with the *ḥereb* and with the *rāʿāb* and with the *dāber*; and the *yôṣēʾ* and *nāpal* on the *kaśdîm* the *ṣārîm* upon you *wĕḥāyāh* and *hāyĕtāh*-to him *napšô* for *šālāl*.",
"grammar": {
"*ha*": "definite article - the",
"*yōšēb*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - dwelling/residing",
"*bāʿîr*": "preposition with noun, feminine, singular - in the city",
"*zōʾt*": "demonstrative adjective, feminine singular - this",
"*yāmût*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will die",
"*baḥereb*": "preposition with noun, feminine, singular - by the sword",
"*ûbārāʿāb*": "conjunction with preposition with noun, masculine, singular - and by the famine",
"*ûbadāber*": "conjunction with preposition with noun, masculine, singular - and by the pestilence",
"*wĕha*": "conjunction with definite article - and the",
"*yôṣēʾ*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - going out",
"*wĕnāpal*": "conjunction with verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and falls",
"*ʿal*": "preposition - upon",
"*kaśdîm*": "proper noun, masculine plural - Chaldeans",
"*ṣārîm*": "verb, qal participle, masculine plural - besieging",
"*ʿălêkem*": "preposition with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - against you",
"*wĕḥāyāh*": "conjunction with verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and will live",
"*hāyĕtāh*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it will be",
"*lô*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him",
"*napšô*": "noun, feminine, singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his life",
"*lĕšālāl*": "preposition with noun, masculine, singular - as spoil"
},
"variants": {
"*yōšēb*": "dwelling/residing/sitting",
"*yāmût*": "will die/perish",
"*ḥereb*": "sword/war",
"*rāʿāb*": "famine/hunger",
"*dāber*": "pestilence/plague",
"*yôṣēʾ*": "going out/leaving",
"*nāpal*": "falls/surrenders/deserts",
"*kaśdîm*": "Chaldeans/Babylonians",
"*ṣārîm*": "besieging/pressing/confining",
"*ḥāyāh*": "will live/survive",
"*napšô*": "his life/soul/being",
"*šālāl*": "spoil/plunder/prize"
}
}
10{
"verseID": "Jeremiah.21.10",
"source": "כִּ֣י שַׂ֣מְתִּי פָ֠נַי בָּעִ֨יר הַזֹּ֧את לְרָעָ֛ה וְלֹ֥א לְטוֹבָ֖ה נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה בְּיַד־מֶ֤לֶךְ בָּבֶל֙ תִּנָּתֵ֔ן וּשְׂרָפָ֖הּ בָּאֵֽשׁ׃",
"text": "For *śamtî* *pānay* against the *ʿîr* the *zōʾt* for *rāʿāh* and not for *ṭôbāh*, *nĕʾum*-*yhwh*; in *yad*-*melek* *bābel* *tinnātēn* and *śĕrāpāh* with the *ʾēš*.",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*śamtî*": "verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have set",
"*pānay*": "noun, common plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my face",
"*bāʿîr*": "preposition with noun, feminine, singular - against the city",
"*zōʾt*": "demonstrative adjective, feminine singular - this",
"*lĕrāʿāh*": "preposition with noun, feminine, singular - for evil/harm",
"*wĕlōʾ*": "conjunction with negative particle - and not",
"*lĕṭôbāh*": "preposition with noun, feminine, singular - for good",
"*nĕʾum*": "noun, masculine, singular, construct - declaration of",
"*yhwh*": "proper noun - the LORD",
"*bĕyad*": "preposition with noun, feminine, singular, construct - into the hand of",
"*melek*": "noun, masculine, singular, construct - king of",
"*bābel*": "proper noun - Babylon",
"*tinnātēn*": "verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she will be given",
"*ûśĕrāpāh*": "conjunction with verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and he will burn it",
"*bāʾēš*": "preposition with noun, feminine, singular - with fire"
},
"variants": {
"*śamtî*": "I have set/placed/determined",
"*pānay*": "my face/presence/attention",
"*rāʿāh*": "evil/harm/disaster",
"*ṭôbāh*": "good/welfare/prosperity",
"*nĕʾum*": "declaration/utterance/oracle",
"*tinnātēn*": "will be given/delivered",
"*śĕrāpāh*": "he will burn/consume",
"*ʾēš*": "fire/flame"
}
}