Jeremiah 1:13

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof [is] toward the north.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֨י דְבַר־יְהוָ֤ה ׀ אֵלַי֙ שֵׁנִ֣ית לֵאמֹ֔ר מָ֥ה אַתָּ֖ה רֹאֶ֑ה וָאֹמַ֗ר סִ֤יר נָפ֙וּחַ֙ אֲנִ֣י רֹאֶ֔ה וּפָנָ֖יו מִפְּנֵ֥י צָפֽוֹנָה׃

Transliteration

wa-yĕhî dĕbar-YHWH ʾēlay šēnît lēʾmōr what-ʾattāh rōʾeh wā-ʾōmar sîr nāpûaḥ ʾănî rōʾeh and-pānāyw from-pĕnê ṣāpônāh

Grammar Details

• *wa-yĕhî*: waw-consecutive with Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it was/came
• *dĕbar*: construct singular - word of
• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *ʾēlay*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me
• *šēnît*: ordinal number feminine singular - second time
• *lēʾmōr*: Qal infinitive construct - saying
• *ʾattāh*: 2nd person masculine singular independent pronoun - you
• *rōʾeh*: Qal participle masculine singular - seeing
• *wā-ʾōmar*: waw-consecutive with Qal imperfect 1st singular - and I said
• *sîr*: singular noun - pot/caldron
• *nāpûaḥ*: Qal passive participle masculine singular - boiling/blown upon
• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular independent pronoun - I
• *pānāyw*: plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its face/front
• *pĕnê*: construct plural - face/direction of
• *ṣāpônāh*: singular noun with directional he - northward

Word Meanings

• *sîr*: pot/caldron/vessel
• *nāpûaḥ*: boiling/blown upon/heated
• *pānāyw* from-*pĕnê* *ṣāpônāh*: its face from the direction of the north/its opening tilted away from the north

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 11:3 : 3 Which say, [It is] not near; let us build houses: this [city is] the caldron, and we [be] the flesh.
• Ezek 11:7 : 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they [are] the flesh, and this [city is] the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.
• 2 Cor 13:1-2 : 1 ¶ This [is] the third [time] I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. 2 I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:
• Gen 41:32 : 32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; [it is] because the thing [is] established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
• Ezek 24:3-9 : 3 And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set [it] on, and also pour water into it: 4 Gather the pieces thereof into it, [even] every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill [it] with the choice bones. 5 Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, [and] make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein. 6 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum [is] therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it. 7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust; 8 That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered. 9 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great. 10 Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned. 11 Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and [that] the filthiness of it may be molten in it, [that] the scum of it may be consumed. 12 She hath wearied [herself] with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum [shall be] in the fire. 13 In thy filthiness [is] lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee. 14 I the LORD have spoken [it]: it shall come to pass, and I will do [it]; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD.
• Zech 4:2 : 2 And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all [of] gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which [are] upon the top thereof: