Jeremiah 11:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַאֲנִ֕י כְּכֶ֥בֶשׂ אַלּ֖וּף יוּבַ֣ל לִטְב֑וֹחַ וְלֹֽא־יָדַ֜עְתִּי כִּֽי־עָלַ֣י ׀ חָשְׁב֣וּ מַחֲשָׁב֗וֹת נַשְׁחִ֨יתָה עֵ֤ץ בְּלַחְמוֹ֙ וְנִכְרְתֶ֙נּוּ֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ חַיִּ֔ים וּשְׁמ֖וֹ לֹֽא־יִזָּכֵ֥ר עֽוֹד׃

Transliteration

And-I like-kebeś ʾallûp yûbal to-ṭĕbôaḥ, and-not-yādaʿtî that-against-me they-ḥāšbû maḥăšābôt: let-us-našḥîtāh ʿēṣ in-laḥmô and-let-us-nikrĕtennû from-ʾereṣ ḥayyîm, and-šĕmô not-yizzākēr again.

Grammar Details

• *kebeś*: noun, masculine singular - lamb
• *ʾallûp*: adjective, masculine singular - docile/tame
• *yûbal*: Hophal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - is led
• *ṭĕbôaḥ*: Qal infinitive construct - to slaughter
• *yādaʿtî*: Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I knew
• *ḥāšbû*: Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they devised
• *maḥăšābôt*: noun, feminine plural - plans/schemes
• *našḥîtāh*: Hiphil cohortative, 1st person plural - let us destroy
• *ʿēṣ*: noun, masculine singular - tree
• *laḥmô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its bread/fruit
• *nikrĕtennû*: Qal imperfect cohortative, 1st person plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - let us cut him off
• *ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct - land of
• *ḥayyîm*: noun, masculine plural - living
• *šĕmô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his name
• *yizzākēr*: Niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will be remembered

Word Meanings

• *kebeś ʾallûp*: tame lamb/gentle lamb/docile sheep
• *yûbal liṭĕbôaḥ*: led to slaughter/brought to butchering
• *ḥāšbû maḥăšābôt*: they devised plans/they schemed schemes/they plotted plots
• *našḥîtāh ʿēṣ bĕlaḥmô*: let us destroy the tree with its food/let us ruin the tree in its prime/let us poison the tree with its fruit
• *nikrĕtennû mēʾereṣ ḥayyîm*: let us cut him off from the land of the living/let us remove him from among the living

Referenced Verses

• Ps 83:4 : 4 They have said{H8804)}, Come{H8798)}, and let us cut them off{H8686)} from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance{H8735)}.
• Job 28:13 : 13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
• Isa 53:7-8 : 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
• Jer 18:18 : 18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
• Jer 20:10 : 10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
• Ps 27:13 : 13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
• Ps 109:13 : 13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
• Ps 52:5 : 5 God shall likewise destroy{H8799)} thee for ever, he shall take thee away{H8799)}, and pluck thee out{H8799)} of thy dwelling place, and root thee out{H8765)} of the land of the living. Selah.
• Luke 20:10-15 : 10 And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. 11 And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. 12 And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out. 13 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him. 14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours. 15 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
• Num 1:14 : 14 Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
• Ps 112:6 : 6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
• Ps 116:9 : 9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
• Ps 142:5 : 5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
• Prov 7:22 : 22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
• Prov 10:7 : 7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
• Isa 32:7 : 7 The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
• Isa 38:11 : 11 I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
• Ps 31:13 : 13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
• Ps 35:15 : 15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together{H8738)}: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together{H8738)} against me, and I knew{H8804)} it not; they did tear{H8804)} me, and ceased{H8804)} not:
• Ps 37:32-33 : 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh{H8764)} to slay{H8687)} him. 33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn{H8686)} him when he is judged{H8736)}.
• Dan 9:26 : 26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
• Matt 26:3-4 : 3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.