Jeremiah 31:28
{ "verseID": "Jeremiah.31.28", "source": "וְהָיָ֞ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר שָׁקַ֣דְתִּי עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם לִנְת֧וֹשׁ וְלִנְת֛וֹץ וְלַהֲרֹ֖ס וּלְהַאֲבִ֣יד וּלְהָרֵ֑עַ כֵּ֣ן אֶשְׁקֹ֧ד עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם לִבְנ֥וֹת וְלִנְט֖וֹעַ נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃", "text": "*wə-hāyāh kaʾăšer šāqaḏtî ʿălêhem lintôš wə-lintôṣ wə-lahărōs ûləhaʾăḇîḏ ûləhārēaʿ kēn ʾešqōḏ ʿălêhem liḇnôt wə-linṭôaʿ nəʾum-YHWH*.", "grammar": { "*wə-hāyāh*": "conjunction + qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - and it will be", "*kaʾăšer*": "conjunction - just as", "*šāqaḏtî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I watched over/was vigilant", "*ʿălêhem*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - over them", "*lintôš*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to uproot/pluck up", "*wə-lintôṣ*": "conjunction + preposition + qal infinitive construct - and to break down", "*wə-lahărōs*": "conjunction + preposition + qal infinitive construct - and to destroy", "*ûləhaʾăḇîḏ*": "conjunction + preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - and to cause to perish", "*ûləhārēaʿ*": "conjunction + preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - and to bring evil/harm", "*kēn*": "adverb - so", "*ʾešqōḏ*": "qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will watch over", "*ʿălêhem*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - over them", "*liḇnôt*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to build", "*wə-linṭôaʿ*": "conjunction + preposition + qal infinitive construct - and to plant", "*nəʾum-YHWH*": "construct phrase - declaration of YHWH" }, "variants": { "*šāqaḏtî*": "watched over/was vigilant/was wakeful concerning", "*lintôš*": "to uproot/to pluck up/to pull out", "*lintôṣ*": "to break down/to tear down/to demolish", "*lahărōs*": "to destroy/to overthrow/to ruin", "*ləhaʾăḇîḏ*": "to cause to perish/to destroy/to make disappear", "*ləhārēaʿ*": "to bring evil/to harm/to afflict", "*liḇnôt*": "to build/to establish/to construct", "*linṭôaʿ*": "to plant/to establish" } }