Jeremiah 5:19
{ "verseID": "Jeremiah.5.19", "source": "וְהָיָה֙ כִּ֣י תֹאמְר֔וּ תַּ֣חַת מֶ֗ה עָשָׂ֨ה יְהֹוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ לָ֖נוּ אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֑לֶּה וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר עֲזַבְתֶּ֤ם אוֹתִי֙ וַתַּעַבְד֞וּ אֱלֹהֵ֤י נֵכָר֙ בְּאַרְצְכֶ֔ם כֵּ֚ן תַּעַבְד֣וּ זָרִ֔ים בְּאֶ֖רֶץ לֹ֥א לָכֶֽם׃ ס", "text": "And it will *hāyâ* when you *tō'mərû*, \"because *meh* *'āśâ* *YHWH* our *'ĕlōhênû* to us *'et*-all-these?\"; and you shall *'āmartā* to them, \"as which you *'ăzabtem* me and you *watta'abdû* *'ĕlōhê* *nēkār* in your *'arṣəkem*, so you shall *ta'abdû* *zārîm* in *'ereṣ* not to you.\"", "grammar": { "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*hāyâ*": "perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will be", "*kî*": "conjunction - when/that", "*tō'mərû*": "imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you will say", "*taḥat*": "preposition - because/instead of", "*meh*": "interrogative - what", "*'āśâ*": "perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he did", "*YHWH*": "divine name - Yahweh", "*'ĕlōhênû*": "noun, masculine plural + 1st plural suffix - our God", "*lānû*": "preposition + 1st plural suffix - to us", "*'et*": "direct object marker", "*kol*": "noun, masculine singular construct - all", "*'ēlleh*": "demonstrative pronoun, plural - these", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*'āmartā*": "perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will say", "*'ălêhem*": "preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them", "*ka'ăšer*": "conjunction - as/just as", "*'ăzabtem*": "perfect, 2nd masculine plural - you forsook", "*'ôtî*": "direct object marker + 1st singular suffix - me", "*watta'abdû*": "imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you served", "*'ĕlōhê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - gods of", "*nēkār*": "noun, masculine singular - foreignness/foreign", "*bə*": "preposition - in", "*'arṣəkem*": "noun, feminine singular + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your land", "*kēn*": "adverb - thus/so", "*ta'abdû*": "imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you will serve", "*zārîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - strangers/foreigners", "*bə*": "preposition - in", "*'ereṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - land", "*lō'*": "negative particle - not", "*lākem*": "preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - to you/yours" }, "variants": { "*'ĕlōhê nēkār*": "foreign gods/gods of foreigners/strange gods", "*ta'abdû*": "you will serve/be slaves to", "*zārîm*": "strangers/foreigners/others", "*'ereṣ lō' lākem*": "land not yours/strange country" } }