20 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.11.20",
"source": "וַֽיהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ שֹׁפֵ֣ט צֶ֔דֶק בֹּחֵ֥ן כְּלָי֖וֹת וָלֵ֑ב אֶרְאֶ֤ה נִקְמָֽתְךָ֙ מֵהֶ֔ם כִּ֥י אֵלֶ֖יךָ גִּלִּ֥יתִי אֶת־רִיבִֽי׃",
"text": "And-*yhwh* *ṣĕbāʾôt* *šōpēṭ* *ṣedeq*, *bōḥēn* *kĕlāyôt* and-*lēb*; *ʾerʾeh* *niqmātĕkā* from-them, for to-you *gillîtî* *ʾet*-*rîbî*.",
"grammar": {
"*yhwh*": "proper noun - YHWH/LORD",
"*ṣĕbāʾôt*": "noun, feminine plural - hosts/armies",
"*šōpēṭ*": "Qal participle, masculine singular - judging",
"*ṣedeq*": "noun, masculine singular - righteousness",
"*bōḥēn*": "Qal participle, masculine singular - testing/examining",
"*kĕlāyôt*": "noun, feminine plural - kidneys/inward parts",
"*lēb*": "noun, masculine singular - heart",
"*ʾerʾeh*": "Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will see",
"*niqmātĕkā*": "noun, feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your vengeance",
"*gillîtî*": "Piel perfect, 1st person singular - I have revealed",
"*rîbî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my case/cause"
},
"variants": {
"*šōpēṭ ṣedeq*": "judging righteously/righteous judge/who judges with justice",
"*bōḥēn kĕlāyôt wālēb*": "tester of kidneys and heart/examiner of the innermost being and mind/who tests the thoughts and emotions",
"*ʾerʾeh niqmātĕkā*": "I will see your vengeance/let me witness your retribution",
"*gillîtî ʾet-rîbî*": "I have revealed my case/I have committed my cause/I have disclosed my complaint"
}
}
21 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.11.21",
"source": "לָכֵ֗ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ עַל־אַנְשֵׁ֣י עֲנָת֔וֹת הַֽמְבַקְשִׁ֥ים אֶֽת־נַפְשְׁךָ֖ לֵאמֹ֑ר לֹ֤א תִנָּבֵא֙ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א תָמ֖וּת בְּיָדֵֽנוּ׃",
"text": "Therefore, thus-*ʾāmar* *yhwh* concerning-*ʾanšê* *ʿănātôt* *hamĕbaqqĕšîm* *ʾet*-*napšĕkā* *lēʾmōr*: Not *tinnābēʾ* in-*šēm* *yhwh* and-not *tāmût* in-*yādēnû*.",
"grammar": {
"*ʾāmar*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - said",
"*yhwh*": "proper noun - YHWH/LORD",
"*ʾanšê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - men of",
"*ʿănātôt*": "proper noun - Anathoth",
"*hamĕbaqqĕšîm*": "definite Piel participle, masculine plural - the ones seeking",
"*napšĕkā*": "noun, feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your life/soul",
"*lēʾmōr*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to say/saying",
"*tinnābēʾ*": "Niphal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you prophesy",
"*šēm*": "noun, masculine singular construct - name of",
"*yhwh*": "proper noun - YHWH/LORD",
"*tāmût*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will die",
"*yādēnû*": "noun, feminine plural with 1st person plural suffix - our hands"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾanšê ʿănātôt*": "men of Anathoth/people from Anathoth",
"*hamĕbaqqĕšîm ʾet-napšĕkā*": "who seek your life/who want to kill you/who are trying to take your soul",
"*tinnābēʾ*": "you prophesy/you speak as a prophet/you proclaim",
"*tāmût bĕyādēnû*": "you will die by our hands/we will kill you"
}
}
22 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.11.22",
"source": "לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת הִנְנִ֥י פֹקֵ֖ד עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם הַבַּֽחוּרִים֙ יָמֻ֣תוּ בַחֶ֔רֶב בְּנֵיהֶם֙ וּבְנ֣וֹתֵיהֶ֔ם יָמֻ֖תוּ בָּרָעָֽב׃",
"text": "Therefore, thus *ʾāmar* *yhwh* *ṣĕbāʾôt*: *hinĕnî* *pōqēd* upon-them, *habbaḥûrîm* *yāmûtû* by-*ḥereb*, *bĕnêhem* and-*bĕnôtêhem* *yāmûtû* by-*rāʿāb*.",
"grammar": {
"*ʾāmar*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - said",
"*yhwh*": "proper noun - YHWH/LORD",
"*ṣĕbāʾôt*": "noun, feminine plural - hosts/armies",
"*hinĕnî*": "interjection with 1st person singular suffix - behold me",
"*pōqēd*": "Qal participle, masculine singular - visiting/punishing",
"*habbaḥûrîm*": "definite noun, masculine plural - the young men",
"*yāmûtû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will die",
"*ḥereb*": "noun, feminine singular - sword",
"*bĕnêhem*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their sons",
"*bĕnôtêhem*": "noun, feminine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their daughters",
"*yāmûtû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will die",
"*rāʿāb*": "noun, masculine singular - famine"
},
"variants": {
"*hinĕnî pōqēd*": "behold, I am punishing/I am about to visit/I will take action against",
"*habbaḥûrîm*": "the young men/the choice men/the strong men",
"*ḥereb*": "sword/warfare/violence",
"*rāʿāb*": "famine/hunger/starvation"
}
}