Jeremiah 42:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהֵ֙מָּה֙ אָמְר֣וּ אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ יְהִ֤י יְהוָה֙ בָּ֔נוּ לְעֵ֖ד אֱמֶ֣ת וְנֶאֱמָ֑ן אִם־לֹ֡א כְּֽכָל־הַ֠דָּבָר אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִֽשְׁלָחֲךָ֜ יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ אֵלֵ֖ינוּ כֵּ֥ן נַעֲשֶֽׂה׃

Transliteration

And hêmmāh ʾāmərû to-yirmeyāhû, yəhî YHWH among-us for-ʿêd ʾemeṯ and neʾĕmān if-not according-to-all-the-dāḇār which yišlāḥăḵā YHWH ʾĕlōhêḵā to-us so we-naʿăśeh.

Grammar Details

*hêmmāh*: 3rd person masculine plural pronoun - they
*ʾāmərû*: Qal perfect 3rd person masculine plural - they said
*yirmeyāhû*: proper noun - Jeremiah
*yəhî*: Qal imperfect jussive 3rd person masculine singular - may he be
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*ʿêd*: masculine singular noun - witness
*ʾemeṯ*: feminine singular noun - truth
*neʾĕmān*: Niphal participle masculine singular - faithful/reliable
*dāḇār*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the word/thing/matter
*yišlāḥăḵā*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - he will send you
*ʾĕlōhêḵā*: masculine plural noun in construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your God
*naʿăśeh*: Qal imperfect 1st person plural - we will do/make

Word Meanings

*ʿêd*: witness/testimony
*ʾemeṯ*: truth/faithfulness/reliability
*neʾĕmān*: faithful/reliable/trustworthy
*dāḇār*: word/thing/matter
*yišlāḥăḵā*: he will send you/commission you
*naʿăśeh*: we will do/make/perform/accomplish

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Referenced Verses

Gen 31:50 : 50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
Judg 11:10 : 10 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
Mic 1:2 : 2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
Mal 2:14 : 14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Rev 3:14 : 14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
Rom 1:9 : 9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
1 Sam 12:5 : 5 And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.
1 Sam 20:42 : 42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
Jer 5:2 : 2 And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
Exod 20:7 : 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Exod 20:19 : 19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Deut 5:27-29 : 27 Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it. 28 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken. 29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

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Jer 42:1-4
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2 Kgs 22:18
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