Jeremiah 28:13

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{ "verseID": "Jeremiah.28.13", "source": "הָלוֹךְ֩ וְאָמַרְתָּ֨ אֶל־חֲנַנְיָ֜ה לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה מוֹטֹ֥ת עֵ֖ץ שָׁבָ֑רְתָּ וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ תַחְתֵּיהֶ֖ן מֹט֥וֹת בַּרְזֶֽל", "text": "*hālôk* and-*ʾāmartā* to-*ḥănanyâ* *lēʾmōr* thus *ʾāmar* *YHWH* *môṭôt* *ʿēṣ* *šābārtā* and-*ʿāśîtā* *taḥtêhen* *mōṭôt* *barzel*", "grammar": { "*hālôk*": "qal infinitive absolute - go/going", "*ʾāmartā*": "qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - you shall say", "*ḥănanyâ*": "proper noun - Hananiah", "*lēʾmōr*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to say/saying", "*ʾāmar*": "qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he said/spoke", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - LORD/Yahweh", "*môṭôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - yokes of", "*ʿēṣ*": "noun, masculine singular - wood/tree", "*šābārtā*": "qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - you have broken", "*ʿāśîtā*": "qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - you have made", "*taḥtêhen*": "preposition + 3rd feminine plural suffix - instead of them", "*mōṭôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - yokes of", "*barzel*": "noun, masculine singular - iron" }, "variants": { "*hālôk*": "go/going/walk (emphatic)", "*lēʾmōr*": "saying/to say/as follows", "*môṭôt*": "yokes/bars/restraints", "*ʿēṣ*": "wood/timber/tree", "*šābārtā*": "you have broken/you have shattered", "*ʿāśîtā*": "you have made/you have fashioned/you have prepared", "*barzel*": "iron/iron implements" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הָלוֹךְ֩ וְאָמַרְתָּ֨ אֶל־חֲנַנְיָ֜ה לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה מוֹטֹ֥ת עֵ֖ץ שָׁבָ֑רְתָּ וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ תַחְתֵּיהֶ֖ן מֹט֥וֹת בַּרְזֶֽל

Transliteration

hālôk and-ʾāmartā to-ḥănanyâ lēʾmōr thus ʾāmar YHWH môṭôt ʿēṣ šābārtā and-ʿāśîtā taḥtêhen mōṭôt barzel

Grammar Details

• *hālôk*: qal infinitive absolute - go/going
• *ʾāmartā*: qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - you shall say
• *ḥănanyâ*: proper noun - Hananiah
• *lēʾmōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to say/saying
• *ʾāmar*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he said/spoke
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *môṭôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - yokes of
• *ʿēṣ*: noun, masculine singular - wood/tree
• *šābārtā*: qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - you have broken
• *ʿāśîtā*: qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - you have made
• *taḥtêhen*: preposition + 3rd feminine plural suffix - instead of them
• *mōṭôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - yokes of
• *barzel*: noun, masculine singular - iron

Word Meanings

• *hālôk*: go/going/walk (emphatic)
• *lēʾmōr*: saying/to say/as follows
• *môṭôt*: yokes/bars/restraints
• *ʿēṣ*: wood/timber/tree
• *šābārtā*: you have broken/you have shattered
• *ʿāśîtā*: you have made/you have fashioned/you have prepared
• *barzel*: iron/iron implements

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Go and tell Hananiah, saying, 'This is what the LORD says: You have broken wooden yokes, but in their place you have made iron yokes.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus says the LORD; You have broken the yokes of wood; but you shall make for them yokes of iron.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou hast broken the bars of wood; but thou hast made in their stead bars of iron.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Go, and tell Hananias these wordes: Thus saieth the LORDE: Thou hast broken the chayne of wodd, but in steade of wodd, thou shalt make chaynes of yron.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus sayth the Lord, Thou hast broken the yokes of wood, but thou shalt make for them yokes of yron.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Go and tell Hananias these wordes, Thus saith the Lord: thou hast broken the chayne of wood, but in steade of wood thou shalt make chaynes of iron.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus says Yahweh: You have broken the bars of wood; but you have made in their place bars of iron.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Go, and thou hast spoken unto Hananiah, saying, Thus said Jehovah, Yokes of wood thou hast broken, and I have made instead of them yokes of iron;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou hast broken the bars of wood; but thou hast made in their stead bars of iron.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou hast broken the bars of wood; but thou hast made in their stead bars of iron.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Go and say to Hananiah, This is what the Lord has said: Yokes of wood have been broken by you, but in their place I will make yokes of iron.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus says Yahweh: You have broken the bars of wood; but you have made in their place bars of iron.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Go and tell Hananiah that the LORD says,‘You have indeed broken the wooden yoke. But you have only succeeded in replacing it with an iron one!

Referenced Verses

• Ps 149:8 : 8 { "verseID": "Psalms.149.8", "source": "לֶאְסֹ֣ר מַלְכֵיהֶ֣ם בְּזִקִּ֑ים וְ֝נִכְבְּדֵיהֶ֗ם בְּכַבְלֵ֥י בַרְזֶֽל׃", "text": "to-*leʾsōr* *malḵêhem* in-*ziqqîm* *wə*-*niḵbədêhem* in-*ḵaḇlê* *barzel*", "grammar": { "*leʾsōr*": "infinitive construct, qal with preposition lamed - to bind", "*malḵêhem*": "noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their kings", "*ziqqîm*": "noun, masculine plural with preposition bet - with chains/fetters", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*niḵbədêhem*": "verb, passive participle, masculine plural, niphal + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their honored ones", "*ḵaḇlê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - fetters of", "*barzel*": "noun, masculine singular - iron" }, "variants": { "*leʾsōr*": "to bind/to tie/to fasten", "*malḵêhem*": "their kings/their rulers/their monarchs", "*ziqqîm*": "chains/fetters/shackles", "*niḵbədêhem*": "their nobles/their honored ones/their dignitaries", "*ḵaḇlê*": "fetters/chains/bonds", "*barzel*": "iron/metal" } }
• Jer 27:15 : 15 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.27.15", "source": "כִּ֣י לֹ֤א שְׁלַחְתִּים֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וְהֵ֛ם נִבְּאִ֥ים בִּשְׁמִ֖י לַשָּׁ֑קֶר לְמַ֨עַן הַדִּיחִ֤י אֶתְכֶם֙ וַאֲבַדְתֶּ֔ם אַתֶּ֕ם וְהַנְּבִאִ֖ים הֽ͏ַנִּבְּאִ֥ים לָכֶֽם", "text": "For not *šəlaḥtîm* *nəʾum*-*YHWH* and-they *nibbəʾîm* in-*šəmî* to-the-*šāqer* to-*maʿan* *haddîḥî* you and-*ʾăbadtem* you and-the-*nəbiʾîm* the-*nibəʾîm* to-you", "grammar": { "*šəlaḥtîm*": "qal perfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - I sent them", "*nəʾum*": "construct state, masculine singular - declaration of", "*YHWH*": "proper divine name", "*nibbəʾîm*": "niphal active participle, masculine plural - prophesying", "*šəmî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my name", "*šāqer*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - the falsehood", "*maʿan*": "preposition - purpose of/for the sake of", "*haddîḥî*": "hiphil infinitive construct with 1st person singular suffix - my driving away", "*ʾăbadtem*": "qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you will perish", "*nəbiʾîm*": "noun, masculine plural with definite article - the prophets", "*nibəʾîm*": "niphal active participle, masculine plural with definite article - the ones prophesying" }, "variants": { "*šəlaḥtîm*": "sent them/dispatched them/commissioned them", "*nəʾum*": "declaration of/utterance of/says", "*nibbəʾîm*": "prophesying/predicting/foretelling", "*šəmî*": "my name/my reputation/my authority", "*šāqer*": "falsehood/lie/deception", "*maʿan*": "purpose of/for the sake of/in order that", "*haddîḥî*": "my driving away/my expelling/my banishing", "*ʾăbadtem*": "perish/be destroyed/be lost", "*nəbiʾîm*": "prophets/spokesmen", "*nibəʾîm*": "prophesying/predicting/foretelling" } }
• Lam 2:14 : 14 { "verseID": "Lamentations.2.14", "source": "נְבִיאַ֗יִךְ חָ֤זוּ לָךְ֙ שָׁ֣וְא וְתָפֵ֔ל וְלֹֽא־גִלּ֥וּ עַל־עֲוֺנֵ֖ךְ לְהָשִׁ֣יב *שביתך **שְׁבוּתֵ֑ךְ וַיֶּ֣חֱזוּ לָ֔ךְ מַשְׂא֥וֹת שָׁ֖וְא וּמַדּוּחִֽים׃", "text": "*nəḇîʾayiḵ* *ḥāzû* for-you *šāwəʾ* and-*tāp̄ēl* and-not-*gillû* on-*ʿăwōnēḵ* to-*hāšîḇ* *šəḇûṯēḵ* and-*wayyeḥĕzû* for-you *maśʾôṯ* *šāwəʾ* and-*maddûḥîm*", "grammar": { "*nəḇîʾayiḵ*": "noun, masculine plural + 2nd feminine singular suffix - your prophets", "*ḥāzû*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they have seen", "*lāḵ*": "preposition + 2nd feminine singular suffix - for you", "*šāwəʾ*": "noun, masculine singular - vanity/falsehood", "*wəṯāp̄ēl*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and folly/tastelessness", "*wəlōʾ-gillû*": "conjunction + negative particle + piel perfect, 3rd common plural - and they have not uncovered", "*ʿal-ʿăwōnēḵ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + 2nd feminine singular suffix - concerning your iniquity", "*ləhāšîḇ*": "preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to turn back/restore", "*šəḇûṯēḵ*": "noun, feminine singular + 2nd feminine singular suffix - your captivity", "*wayyeḥĕzû*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they have seen", "*lāḵ*": "preposition + 2nd feminine singular suffix - for you", "*maśʾôṯ*": "noun, feminine plural construct - oracles/burdens of", "*šāwəʾ*": "noun, masculine singular - falsehood", "*ûmaddûḥîm*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural - and deceit/seductions" }, "variants": { "*nəḇîʾayiḵ*": "prophets/seers", "*ḥāzû*": "see/perceive/prophesy", "*šāwəʾ*": "vanity/emptiness/falsehood/worthlessness", "*tāp̄ēl*": "whitewash/plaster/tasteless/unseasoned", "*gillû*": "uncover/reveal/expose", "*ʿăwōnēḵ*": "iniquity/guilt/punishment", "*hāšîḇ*": "turn back/restore/bring back", "*šəḇûṯēḵ*": "captivity/fortunes/restoration", "*maśʾôṯ*": "burdens/oracles/utterances", "*maddûḥîm*": "enticements/deceptions/seductions" } }