Jer 7:23-28 : 23 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.7.23",
"source": "כִּ֣י אִֽם־אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַ֠זֶּה צִוִּ֨יתִי אוֹתָ֤ם לֵאמֹר֙ שִׁמְע֣וּ בְקוֹלִ֔י וְהָיִ֤יתִי לָכֶם֙ לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים וְאַתֶּ֖ם תִּֽהְיוּ־לִ֣י לְעָ֑ם וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֗ם בְּכָל־הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲצַוֶּ֣ה אֶתְכֶ֔ם לְמַ֖עַן יִיטַ֥ב לָכֶֽם׃",
"text": "But *kî ʾim-ʾet-haddābār hazzeh ṣiwwîtî ʾôtām lēʾmōr šimʿû bəqôlî wəhāyîtî lākem lēʾlōhîm wəʾattem tihyû-lî ləʿām wahalaktem bəkol-hadderek ʾăšer ʾăṣawweh ʾetkem ləmaʿan yîṭab lākem*.",
"grammar": {
"*kî ʾim*": "conjunction + conditional particle - but rather",
"*ʾet-haddābār*": "direct object marker + definite article + masculine singular noun - this word/thing",
"*hazzeh*": "masculine singular demonstrative adjective - this",
"*ṣiwwîtî*": "piel perfect 1st person singular - I commanded",
"*ʾôtām*": "direct object marker + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them",
"*lēʾmōr*": "qal infinitive construct - saying",
"*šimʿû*": "qal imperative masculine plural - listen/hear/obey",
"*bəqôlî*": "preposition + masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - to my voice",
"*wəhāyîtî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular with vav consecutive - and I will be",
"*lākem*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - to/for you",
"*lēʾlōhîm*": "preposition + masculine plural noun - as God",
"*wəʾattem*": "conjunction + 2nd person masculine plural pronoun - and you",
"*tihyû-lî*": "qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural + preposition with 1st person singular suffix - you will be to me",
"*ləʿām*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - as a people",
"*wahalaktem*": "qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural with vav consecutive - and you shall walk",
"*bəkol-hadderek*": "preposition + noun + definite article + masculine singular noun - in all the way",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that",
"*ʾăṣawweh*": "piel imperfect 1st person singular - I command",
"*ʾetkem*": "direct object marker + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - you",
"*ləmaʿan*": "preposition + conjunction - so that/in order that",
"*yîṭab*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - it will be good",
"*lākem*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - for you"
},
"variants": {
"*dābār*": "word/thing/matter",
"*ṣiwwîtî*": "I commanded/I ordered/I instructed",
"*šimʿû*": "listen/hear/obey",
"*qôl*": "voice/sound/noise",
"*derekh*": "way/road/path/journey",
"*ʾăṣawweh*": "I command/I instruct/I order",
"*yîṭab*": "it will be good/it will go well/it will prosper"
}
}
24 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.7.24",
"source": "וְלֹ֤א שָֽׁמְעוּ֙ וְלֹֽא־הִטּ֣וּ אֶת־אָזְנָ֔ם וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ בְּמֹ֣עֵצ֔וֹת בִּשְׁרִר֖וּת לִבָּ֣ם הָרָ֑ע וַיִּהְי֥וּ לְאָח֖וֹר וְלֹ֥א לְפָנִֽים׃",
"text": "And-not *šāməʿû* and-not-*hiṭṭû ʾet-ʾoznām wayyēlkû bəmōʿēṣôt bišrirût libbām hārāʿ wayyihyû ləʾāḥôr* and-not *ləpānîm*.",
"grammar": {
"*šāməʿû*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine plural - they listened/heard",
"*hiṭṭû*": "hiphil perfect 3rd person masculine plural - they inclined/turned",
"*ʾet-ʾoznām*": "direct object marker + feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their ear",
"*wayyēlkû*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with vav consecutive - and they walked",
"*bəmōʿēṣôt*": "preposition + feminine plural noun - in counsels/advice",
"*bišrirût*": "preposition + feminine singular noun construct - in stubbornness of",
"*libbām*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their heart",
"*hārāʿ*": "definite article + masculine singular adjective - the evil",
"*wayyihyû*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with vav consecutive - and they became",
"*ləʾāḥôr*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - backward/behind",
"*ləpānîm*": "preposition + masculine plural noun - forward/ahead"
},
"variants": {
"*šāməʿû*": "they listened/they heard/they obeyed",
"*hiṭṭû*": "they inclined/they turned/they bent",
"*mōʿēṣôt*": "counsels/advice/plans",
"*šrirût*": "stubbornness/hardness/obstinacy",
"*lēb*": "heart/mind/inner person",
"*ʾāḥôr*": "backward/behind/backside",
"*pānîm*": "forward/ahead/face"
}
}
25 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.7.25",
"source": "לְמִן־הַיּ֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָצְא֤וּ אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם עַ֖ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וָאֶשְׁלַ֤ח אֲלֵיכֶם֙ אֶת־כָּל־עֲבָדַ֣י הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים י֖וֹם הַשְׁכֵּ֥ם וְשָׁלֹֽחַ׃",
"text": "From-*min-hayyôm ʾăšer yāṣəʾû ʾăbôtêkem mēʾereṣ miṣrayim* until *hayyôm hazzeh wāʾešlaḥ ʾălêkem ʾet-kol-ʿăbāday hannəbîʾîm yôm haškēm wəšālōaḥ*.",
"grammar": {
"*min-hayyôm*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - from the day",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that",
"*yāṣəʾû*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine plural - they went out",
"*ʾăbôtêkem*": "masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your fathers",
"*mēʾereṣ*": "preposition + feminine singular noun construct - from land of",
"*miṣrayim*": "proper noun - Egypt",
"*hayyôm hazzeh*": "definite article + masculine singular noun + definite article + masculine singular demonstrative adjective - this day",
"*wāʾešlaḥ*": "qal imperfect 1st person singular with vav consecutive - and I sent",
"*ʾălêkem*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - to you",
"*ʾet-kol-ʿăbāday*": "direct object marker + noun + masculine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - all my servants",
"*hannəbîʾîm*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the prophets",
"*yôm*": "masculine singular noun - day",
"*haškēm*": "hiphil infinitive absolute - rising early",
"*wəšālōaḥ*": "qal infinitive absolute - and sending"
},
"variants": {
"*yāṣəʾû*": "they went out/they came out/they departed",
"*wāʾešlaḥ*": "and I sent/and I dispatched",
"*ʿăbāday*": "my servants/my slaves",
"*haškēm wəšālōaḥ*": "rising early and sending/persistently sending/continuously sending (idiomatic expression)"
}
}
26 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.7.26",
"source": "וְל֤וֹא שָׁמְעוּ֙ אֵלַ֔י וְלֹ֥א הִטּ֖וּ אֶת־אָזְנָ֑ם וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙ אֶת־עָרְפָּ֔ם הֵרֵ֖עוּ מֵאֲבוֹתָֽם׃",
"text": "And-not *šāməʿû* to-me and-not *hiṭṭû ʾet-ʾoznām wayyaqšû ʾet-ʿorpām hērēʿû mēʾăbôtām*.",
"grammar": {
"*šāməʿû*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine plural - they listened/heard",
"*hiṭṭû*": "hiphil perfect 3rd person masculine plural - they inclined/turned",
"*ʾet-ʾoznām*": "direct object marker + feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their ear",
"*wayyaqšû*": "hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with vav consecutive - and they hardened",
"*ʾet-ʿorpām*": "direct object marker + masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their neck/stubbornness",
"*hērēʿû*": "hiphil perfect 3rd person masculine plural - they did worse",
"*mēʾăbôtām*": "preposition + masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - than their fathers"
},
"variants": {
"*šāməʿû*": "they listened/they heard/they obeyed",
"*hiṭṭû*": "they inclined/they turned/they bent",
"*wayyaqšû*": "they hardened/they stiffened/they made stubborn",
"*ʿōrep*": "neck/stubbornness (idiomatically 'stiff-necked' = stubborn)",
"*hērēʿû*": "they did worse/they acted more wickedly/they behaved more evilly"
}
}
27 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.7.27",
"source": "וְדִבַּרְתָּ֤ אֲלֵיהֶם֙ אֶת־כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה וְלֹ֥א יִשְׁמְע֖וּ אֵלֶ֑יךָ וְקָרָ֥אתָ אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם וְלֹ֥א יַעֲנֽוּכָה׃",
"text": "And-*dibbartā ʾălêhem ʾet-kol-haddəbārîm hāʾēlleh* and-not *yišməʿû ʾēlêkā wəqārāʾtā ʾălêhem* and-not *yaʿănûkāh*.",
"grammar": {
"*dibbartā*": "piel perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you shall speak",
"*ʾălêhem*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to them",
"*ʾet-kol-haddəbārîm*": "direct object marker + noun + definite article + masculine plural noun - all the words",
"*hāʾēlleh*": "definite article + demonstrative pronoun plural - these",
"*yišməʿû*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will listen/hear",
"*ʾēlêkā*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you",
"*wəqārāʾtā*": "qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular with vav consecutive - and you shall call",
"*yaʿănûkāh*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - they will answer you"
},
"variants": {
"*dibbartā*": "you shall speak/you shall talk/you shall declare",
"*dəbārîm*": "words/things/matters",
"*yišməʿû*": "they will listen/they will hear/they will obey",
"*qārāʾtā*": "you shall call/you shall cry out/you shall proclaim",
"*yaʿănûkāh*": "they will answer you/they will respond to you"
}
}
28 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.7.28",
"source": "וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם זֶ֤ה הַגּוֹי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֽוֹא־שָׁמְע֗וּ בְּקוֹל֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֔יו וְלֹ֥א לָקְח֖וּ מוּסָ֑ר אָֽבְדָה֙ הָֽאֱמוּנָ֔ה וְנִכְרְתָ֖ה מִפִּיהֶֽם׃ ס",
"text": "And-*ʾāmartā ʾălêhem zeh haggôy ʾăšer lōʾ-šāməʿû bəqôl YHWH ʾĕlōhāyw wəlōʾ lāqəḥû mûsār ʾābədāh hāʾĕmûnāh wənikrətāh mippîhem*.",
"grammar": {
"*ʾāmartā*": "qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular with vav consecutive - and you shall say",
"*ʾălêhem*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to them",
"*zeh*": "masculine singular demonstrative pronoun - this",
"*haggôy*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the nation",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that",
"*lōʾ-šāməʿû*": "negative particle + qal perfect 3rd person masculine plural - did not listen",
"*bəqôl*": "preposition + masculine singular construct - to voice of",
"*YHWH*": "divine name - YHWH",
"*ʾĕlōhāyw*": "masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his God",
"*wəlōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not",
"*lāqəḥû*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine plural - they received/took",
"*mûsār*": "masculine singular noun - discipline/correction/instruction",
"*ʾābədāh*": "qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - has perished",
"*hāʾĕmûnāh*": "definite article + feminine singular noun - the faithfulness/truth",
"*wənikrətāh*": "niphal perfect 3rd person feminine singular with vav consecutive - and is cut off",
"*mippîhem*": "preposition + masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - from their mouth"
},
"variants": {
"*gôy*": "nation/people/gentiles",
"*šāməʿû*": "listened/heard/obeyed",
"*lāqəḥû*": "they received/they took/they accepted",
"*mûsār*": "discipline/correction/instruction",
"*ʾābədāh*": "has perished/has been destroyed/has been lost",
"*ʾĕmûnāh*": "faithfulness/truthfulness/steadfastness",
"*nikrətāh*": "is cut off/is removed/is separated"
}
}