Jeremiah 36:15

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{ "verseID": "Jeremiah.36.15", "source": "וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֔יו שֵׁ֣ב נָ֔א וּקְרָאֶ֖נָּה בְּאָזְנֵ֑ינוּ וַיִּקְרָ֥א בָר֖וּךְ בְּאָזְנֵיהֶֽם׃", "text": "*wə-yōʾmərû* to-him, *šēb nāʾ* and-*qərāʾennāh* in-our-ears. *wə-yiqrāʾ* *Bārûk* in-their-ears", "grammar": { "*wə-yōʾmərû*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they said", "*šēb nāʾ*": "Qal imperative, masculine singular + particle of entreaty - sit/be seated please", "*qərāʾennāh*": "Qal imperative, masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - read it", "*wə-yiqrāʾ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he read" }, "variants": { "*šēb nāʾ*": "sit down please/be seated please", "*nāʾ*": "particle of entreaty/please/now" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֔יו שֵׁ֣ב נָ֔א וּקְרָאֶ֖נָּה בְּאָזְנֵ֑ינוּ וַיִּקְרָ֥א בָר֖וּךְ בְּאָזְנֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmərû to-him, šēb nāʾ and-qərāʾennāh in-our-ears. wə-yiqrāʾ Bārûk in-their-ears

Grammar Details

• *wə-yōʾmərû*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they said
• *šēb nāʾ*: Qal imperative, masculine singular + particle of entreaty - sit/be seated please
• *qərāʾennāh*: Qal imperative, masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - read it
• *wə-yiqrāʾ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he read

Word Meanings

• *šēb nāʾ*: sit down please/be seated please
• *nāʾ*: particle of entreaty/please/now

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The officials said to him, "Please sit down and read it to us." So Baruch read it to them.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And they said to him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And they said{H559} unto him, Sit down{H3427} now, and read{H7121} it in our ears.{H241} So Baruch{H1263} read{H7121} it in their ears.{H241}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And they said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Sit down{H3427}{(H8798)} now, and read{H7121}{(H8798)} it in our ears{H241}. So Baruch{H1263} read{H7121}{(H8799)} it in their ears{H241}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And they sayde vnto him: Syt downe, and rede the boke, yt we maye heare also. So Baruch red, yt they might heare.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And they saide vnto him, Sit downe now, and reade it, that we may heare. So Baruch read it in their audience.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And they sayd vnto him: Sit downe and reade the booke, that we may heare also: So Baruch read that they might heare.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read [it] in their ears.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They said to him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and they say unto him, `Sit down, we pray thee, and read it in our ears,' and Baruch readeth in their ears,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then they said to him, Be seated now, and give us a reading from it. So Baruch did so, reading it to them.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They said to him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They said to him,“Please sit down and read it to us.” So Baruch sat down and read it to them.