Jeremiah 23:38

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאִם־מַשָּׂ֣א יְהוָה֮ תֹּאמֵרוּ֒ לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה יַ֧עַן אֲמָרְכֶ֛ם אֶת־הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּ֖ה מַשָּׂ֣א יְהוָ֑ה וָאֶשְׁלַ֤ח אֲלֵיכֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹ֥א תֹאמְר֖וּ מַשָּׂ֥א יְהוָֽה

Transliteration

And-if-massāʾ YHWH tōʾmērû, therefore thus ʾāmar YHWH: Because ʾămārkem ʾet-the-dābār the-this, "massāʾ YHWH," and-ʾešlaḥ to-you lēʾmōr, "Not tōʾmerû massāʾ YHWH,"

Grammar Details

*massāʾ*: noun, masculine singular - burden/oracle
*tōʾmērû*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you say
*ʾāmar*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he said
*ʾămārkem*: qal infinitive construct + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your saying
*dābār*: noun, masculine singular - word
*ʾešlaḥ*: qal imperfect 1st person singular with waw consecutive - and I sent
*lēʾmōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to say
*tōʾmerû*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you shall say

Word Meanings

*massāʾ*: burden/oracle/pronouncement
*tōʾmērû*: you say/you pronounce/you declare
*ʾāmar*: he said/he declared/he commanded
*ʾămārkem*: your saying/your speaking
*dābār*: word/matter/thing
*ʾešlaḥ*: and I sent/and I dispatched/and I commanded
*lēʾmōr*: saying/to say

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 11:13-14 : 13 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts. 14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the LORD:

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