Jer 9:2-8 : 2 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.9.2",
"source": "וַֽיַּדְרְכ֤וּ אֶת־לְשׁוֹנָם֙ קַשְׁתָּ֣ם שֶׁ֔קֶר וְלֹ֥א לֶאֱמוּנָ֖ה גָּבְר֣וּ בָאָ֑רֶץ כִּי֩ מֵרָעָ֨ה אֶל־רָעָ֧ה ׀ יָצָ֛אוּ וְאֹתִ֥י לֹֽא־יָדָ֖עוּ נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃",
"text": "*wayyadrĕkû* *'et*-*lĕšônām* *qaštām* *šeqer* *wĕlō'* for-*'ĕmûnāh* *gābrû* in-the-*'āreṣ* *kî* from-*rā'āh* to-*rā'āh* *yāṣā'û* *wĕ'ōtî* *lō'*-*yādā'û* *nĕ'um*-*YHWH*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyadrĕkû*": "waw consecutive + imperfect verb, 3rd person masculine plural - and they bend/draw",
"*'et*": "direct object marker",
"*lĕšônām*": "feminine noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their tongue",
"*qaštām*": "feminine noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their bow",
"*šeqer*": "masculine noun - falsehood/lie",
"*wĕlō'*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not",
"*'ĕmûnāh*": "feminine noun with prefixed preposition - for faithfulness/truth",
"*gābrû*": "perfect verb, 3rd person masculine plural - they have grown strong/prevailed",
"*'āreṣ*": "feminine noun with prefixed preposition - in the land",
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*rā'āh*": "feminine noun with prefixed preposition - from evil/wickedness",
"*yāṣā'û*": "perfect verb, 3rd person masculine plural - they have gone out/proceeded",
"*wĕ'ōtî*": "conjunction + direct object marker with 1st person singular suffix - and me",
"*lō'-yādā'û*": "negative particle + perfect verb, 3rd person masculine plural - they have not known",
"*nĕ'um-YHWH*": "construct phrase - declaration of YHWH"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyadrĕkû*": "and they bend/draw/stretch",
"*lĕšônām*": "their tongue/language/speech",
"*qaštām*": "their bow/weapon",
"*šeqer*": "falsehood/lie/deception",
"*'ĕmûnāh*": "faithfulness/truth/reliability",
"*gābrû*": "they have grown strong/prevailed/been mighty",
"*'āreṣ*": "land/earth/ground",
"*rā'āh*": "evil/wickedness/calamity",
"*yāṣā'û*": "they have gone out/proceeded/departed",
"*yādā'û*": "they have known/acknowledged/recognized",
"*nĕ'um*": "declaration/oracle/utterance"
}
}
3 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.9.3",
"source": "אִ֤ישׁ מֵרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ הִשָּׁמֵ֔רוּ וְעַל־כָּל־אָ֖ח אַל־תִּבְטָ֑חוּ כִּ֤י כָל־אָח֙ עָק֣וֹב יַעְקֹ֔ב וְכָל־רֵ֖עַ רָכִ֥יל יַהֲלֹֽךְ׃",
"text": "*'îš* from-*rē'ēhû* *hiššāmērû* *wĕ'al*-*kol*-*'āḥ* *'al*-*tibṭāḥû* *kî* *kol*-*'āḥ* *'āqôb* *ya'qōb* *wĕkol*-*rēa'* *rākîl* *yahălōk*",
"grammar": {
"*'îš*": "masculine noun, singular - man/each person",
"*rē'ēhû*": "masculine noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix and prefixed preposition - from his neighbor",
"*hiššāmērû*": "imperative verb, 2nd person masculine plural, niphal - be on guard/beware",
"*wĕ'al*": "conjunction + preposition - and against",
"*kol*": "noun, construct state - all of/every",
"*'āḥ*": "masculine noun - brother",
"*'al-tibṭāḥû*": "negative particle + imperfect verb, 2nd person masculine plural, jussive - do not trust",
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*'āqôb*": "infinitive absolute - supplanting/deceiving",
"*ya'qōb*": "imperfect verb, 3rd person masculine singular - he will supplant/deceive",
"*wĕkol*": "conjunction + noun, construct state - and every",
"*rēa'*": "masculine noun - friend/neighbor",
"*rākîl*": "masculine noun - slanderer/talebearer",
"*yahălōk*": "imperfect verb, 3rd person masculine singular - he will walk/go about"
},
"variants": {
"*'îš*": "man/each person/anyone",
"*rē'ēhû*": "his neighbor/friend/companion",
"*hiššāmērû*": "be on guard/beware/take heed",
"*'āḥ*": "brother/kinsman/relative",
"*tibṭāḥû*": "trust/have confidence in/rely on",
"*'āqôb ya'qōb*": "utterly deceives/thoroughly supplants/completely betrays (emphatic construction)",
"*rēa'*": "friend/neighbor/companion",
"*rākîl*": "slanderer/talebearer/gossiper",
"*yahălōk*": "walks/goes about/proceeds"
}
}
4 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.9.4",
"source": "וְאִ֤ישׁ בְּרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ יְהָתֵ֔לּוּ וֶאֱמֶ֖ת לֹ֣א יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ לִמְּד֧וּ לְשׁוֹנָ֛ם דַּבֶּר־שֶׁ֖קֶר הַעֲוֵ֥ה נִלְאֽוּ׃",
"text": "*wĕ'îš* against-*rē'ēhû* *yĕhātēllû* *we'ĕmet* *lō'* *yĕdabbērû* *limdû* *lĕšônām* *dabber*-*šeqer* *ha'ăwēh* *nil'û*",
"grammar": {
"*wĕ'îš*": "conjunction + masculine noun, singular - and each man",
"*rē'ēhû*": "masculine noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix and prefixed preposition - against his neighbor",
"*yĕhātēllû*": "imperfect verb, 3rd person masculine plural, piel - they deceive/mock",
"*we'ĕmet*": "conjunction + feminine noun - and truth",
"*lō'*": "negative particle - not",
"*yĕdabbērû*": "imperfect verb, 3rd person masculine plural, piel - they speak",
"*limdû*": "perfect verb, 3rd person common plural - they have taught",
"*lĕšônām*": "feminine noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their tongue",
"*dabber*": "infinitive construct, piel - to speak",
"*šeqer*": "masculine noun - falsehood/lie",
"*ha'ăwēh*": "infinitive absolute, hiphil - acting perversely",
"*nil'û*": "perfect verb, 3rd person common plural, niphal - they are weary/exhausted"
},
"variants": {
"*rē'ēhû*": "his neighbor/friend/companion",
"*yĕhātēllû*": "they deceive/mock/delude",
"*'ĕmet*": "truth/faithfulness/reliability",
"*yĕdabbērû*": "they speak/tell/declare",
"*limdû*": "they have taught/trained/instructed",
"*lĕšônām*": "their tongue/language/speech",
"*dabber*": "to speak/tell/say",
"*šeqer*": "falsehood/lie/deception",
"*ha'ăwēh*": "acting perversely/committing iniquity/doing wrong",
"*nil'û*": "they are weary/exhausted/tired"
}
}
5 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.9.5",
"source": "שִׁבְתְּךָ֖ בְּת֣וֹךְ מִרְמָ֑ה בְּמִרְמָ֛ה מֵאֲנ֥וּ דַֽעַת־אוֹתִ֖י נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃",
"text": "*šibtĕkā* *bĕtôk* *mirmāh* *bĕmirmāh* *mē'ănû* *da'at*-*'ôtî* *nĕ'um*-*YHWH*",
"grammar": {
"*šibtĕkā*": "infinitive construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your dwelling",
"*bĕtôk*": "preposition - in the midst of",
"*mirmāh*": "feminine noun - deceit/treachery",
"*bĕmirmāh*": "feminine noun with prefixed preposition - in/through deceit",
"*mē'ănû*": "perfect verb, 3rd person common plural - they have refused",
"*da'at*": "infinitive construct - to know",
"*'ôtî*": "direct object marker with 1st person singular suffix - me",
"*nĕ'um-YHWH*": "construct phrase - declaration of YHWH"
},
"variants": {
"*šibtĕkā*": "your dwelling/living/sitting",
"*bĕtôk*": "in the midst of/among/within",
"*mirmāh*": "deceit/treachery/fraud",
"*mē'ănû*": "they have refused/rejected/declined",
"*da'at*": "to know/acknowledge/recognize",
"*nĕ'um*": "declaration/oracle/utterance"
}
}
6 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.9.6",
"source": "לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת הִנְנִ֥י צוֹרְפָ֖ם וּבְחַנְתִּ֑ים כִּֽי־אֵ֣יךְ אֶעֱשֶׂ֔ה מִפְּנֵ֖י בַּת־עַמִּֽי׃",
"text": "*lākēn* thus *'āmar* *YHWH* *ṣĕbā'ôt* *hinĕnî* *ṣôrĕpām* *ûbĕḥantîm* *kî*-how *'e'ĕśeh* from-*pĕnê* *bat*-*'ammî*",
"grammar": {
"*lākēn*": "adverb - therefore",
"*'āmar*": "perfect verb, 3rd person masculine singular - he has said",
"*YHWH*": "divine name",
"*ṣĕbā'ôt*": "feminine plural noun - of hosts/armies",
"*hinĕnî*": "interjection with 1st person singular suffix - behold me",
"*ṣôrĕpām*": "participle, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - refining them",
"*ûbĕḥantîm*": "conjunction + perfect verb, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and I will test them",
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*'e'ĕśeh*": "imperfect verb, 1st person singular - I will do",
"*pĕnê*": "masculine plural noun, construct state with prefixed preposition - from the face of",
"*bat*": "feminine noun, construct state - daughter of",
"*'ammî*": "masculine noun with 1st person singular suffix - my people"
},
"variants": {
"*lākēn*": "therefore/thus/for this reason",
"*'āmar*": "said/spoke/declared",
"*ṣĕbā'ôt*": "of hosts/armies/multitudes",
"*hinĕnî*": "behold me/look, I am/here I am",
"*ṣôrĕpām*": "refining them/smelting them/purifying them",
"*ûbĕḥantîm*": "and I will test them/try them/examine them",
"*'e'ĕśeh*": "I will do/act/perform",
"*pĕnê*": "face of/presence of/because of",
"*bat-'ammî*": "daughter of my people (collective term for the people)"
}
}
7 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.9.7",
"source": "חֵ֥ץ *שוחט **שָׁח֛וּט לְשׁוֹנָ֖ם מִרְמָ֣ה דִבֵּ֑ר בְּפִ֗יו שָׁל֤וֹם אֶת־רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ יְדַבֵּ֔ר וּבְקִרְבּ֖וֹ יָשִׂ֥ים אָרְבּֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*ḥēṣ* *šāḥûṭ* *lĕšônām* *mirmāh* *dibbēr* with-*pîw* *šālôm* *'et*-*rē'ēhû* *yĕdabbēr* and-in-*qirbô* *yāśîm* *'orbô*",
"grammar": {
"*ḥēṣ*": "masculine noun - arrow",
"*šāḥûṭ*": "passive participle, masculine singular - sharpened",
"*lĕšônām*": "feminine noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their tongue",
"*mirmāh*": "feminine noun - deceit/treachery",
"*dibbēr*": "perfect verb, 3rd person masculine singular, piel - he has spoken",
"*pîw*": "masculine noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix and prefixed preposition - with his mouth",
"*šālôm*": "masculine noun - peace",
"*'et*": "direct object marker",
"*rē'ēhû*": "masculine noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his neighbor",
"*yĕdabbēr*": "imperfect verb, 3rd person masculine singular, piel - he speaks",
"*qirbô*": "masculine noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix and prefixed preposition - and in his midst/inward part",
"*yāśîm*": "imperfect verb, 3rd person masculine singular - he sets/places",
"*'orbô*": "masculine noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his ambush"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥēṣ*": "arrow/shaft/missile",
"*šāḥûṭ*": "sharpened/whetted (variant: *šôḥēṭ* - slaughtering/killing)",
"*lĕšônām*": "their tongue/language/speech",
"*mirmāh*": "deceit/treachery/fraud",
"*dibbēr*": "has spoken/declared/uttered",
"*pîw*": "his mouth/speech/words",
"*šālôm*": "peace/well-being/friendship",
"*rē'ēhû*": "his neighbor/friend/companion",
"*yĕdabbēr*": "he speaks/talks/tells",
"*qirbô*": "his inward part/midst/heart",
"*yāśîm*": "he sets/places/puts",
"*'orbô*": "his ambush/trap/plot"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.9.8",
"source": "הַעַל־אֵ֥לֶּה לֹֽא־אֶפְקָד־בָּ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה אִ֚ם בְּג֣וֹי אֲשֶׁר־כָּזֶ֔ה לֹ֥א תִתְנַקֵּ֖ם נַפְשִֽׁי׃",
"text": "*ha'al*-*'ēlleh* *lō'*-*'epqād*-*bām* *nĕ'um*-*YHWH* *'im* against-*gôy* *'ăšer*-like-this *lō'* *titnaqēm* *napšî*",
"grammar": {
"*ha'al*": "interrogative particle + preposition - on account of",
"*'ēlleh*": "demonstrative pronoun, plural - these",
"*lō'*": "negative particle - not",
"*'epqād*": "imperfect verb, 1st person singular - I will visit/punish",
"*bām*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - on them",
"*nĕ'um-YHWH*": "construct phrase - declaration of YHWH",
"*'im*": "conditional particle - if/or",
"*gôy*": "masculine noun with prefixed preposition - against nation",
"*'ăšer*": "relative particle - which/that",
"*lō'*": "negative particle - not",
"*titnaqēm*": "imperfect verb, 3rd person feminine singular, hitpael - will avenge itself",
"*napšî*": "feminine noun with 1st person singular suffix - my soul"
},
"variants": {
"*'epqād*": "I will visit/punish/hold accountable",
"*nĕ'um*": "declaration/oracle/utterance",
"*'im*": "if/or/whether (introduces rhetorical question)",
"*gôy*": "nation/people/gentiles",
"*titnaqēm*": "will avenge itself/take vengeance/exact retribution",
"*napšî*": "my soul/being/self"
}
}