Jeremiah 7:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י לְכוּ־נָ֗א אֶל־מְקוֹמִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּשִׁיל֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֨ר שִׁכַּ֧נְתִּֽי שְׁמִ֛י שָׁ֖ם בָּרִֽאשׁוֹנָ֑ה וּרְאוּ֙ אֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂ֣יתִי ל֔וֹ מִפְּנֵ֕י רָעַ֖ת עַמִּ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

For lĕkû-nāʾ to-my-mĕqômî which in-Šîlô which šikkantî my-šĕmî there at-the-rîʾšônāh û-rĕʾû ʾēt which-ʿāśîtî to-it from-pĕnê rāʿat ʿammî Yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

*lĕkû*: Qal imperative, masculine plural - go
*nāʾ*: particle - please/now
*mĕqômî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my place
*Šîlô*: proper noun - Shiloh
*šikkantî*: Piel perfect, 1st singular - I caused to dwell
*šĕmî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st singular suffix - my name
*rîʾšônāh*: definite adjective, feminine singular - first/beginning
*û*: conjunction - and
*rĕʾû*: Qal imperative, masculine plural - see
*ʾēt*: direct object marker
*ʿāśîtî*: Qal perfect, 1st singular - I did/made
*pĕnê*: construct noun, masculine plural - face of
*rāʿat*: construct noun, feminine singular - evil of
*ʿammî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st singular suffix - my people
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

*lĕkû-nāʾ*: go now/go please
*mĕqômî*: my place/my location/my site
*šikkantî*: I caused to dwell/I established/I placed
*rîʾšônāh*: first/beginning/former time
*rĕʾû*: see/look/observe
*ʿāśîtî*: I did/I made/I performed
*pĕnê rāʿat*: because of the evil/in the face of wickedness
*ʿammî*: my people/my nation

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 4:10-11 : 10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. 11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
1 Sam 4:22 : 22 And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.
Ps 78:60-64 : 60 So that he forsook{H8799)} the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed{H8765)} among men; 61 And delivered{H8799)} his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand. 62 He gave his people over{H8686)} also unto the sword; and was wroth{H8694)} with his inheritance. 63 The fire consumed{H8804)} their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage{H8795)}. 64 Their priests fell{H8804)} by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation{H8799)}.
Jer 26:6 : 6 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
Josh 18:1 : 1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
Judg 18:31 : 31 And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
1 Sam 1:3 : 3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.
1 Sam 4:3-4 : 3 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. 4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
Deut 12:11 : 11 Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:
Deut 12:5 : 5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

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