And I,וַאֲנִיlook,הִנֵּהI have made youנְתַתִּיךָthis dayהַיּוֹםa fortifiedמִבְצָרcityלְעִירand an ironבַּרְזֶלpillarוּלְעַמּוּדand bronzeנְחֹשֶׁתwallsוּלְחֹמוֹתagainst the wholeעַל כָּלland,הָאָרֶץagainst the kingsלְמַלְכֵיof Judah,יְהוּדָהagainst its princes,לְשָׂרֶיהָagainst its priests,לְכֹהֲנֶיהָand against the peopleוּלְעַםof the land.הָאָרֶץ
Jeremiah 1:18
Study it in the app“And I, look, I have made you this day a fortified city and an iron pillar and bronze walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 1:18, word by word
- I have made youנְתַתִּיnetati
make
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “netati” appears- this dayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- a fortifiedמִבְצָרmivtsar
fortress, fortified city
Fortress, fortified city.
Where else “mivtsar” appears- cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- and an ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel
iron
Iron; an iron tool.
Where else “barzel” appears- pillarעַמּוּדamud
pillar, column
Pillar, column; also a pillar of cloud or of fire.
Where else “amud” appears- and bronzeנְחֹשֶׁתnechoshet
bronze
Bronze, or things made of bronze.
Where else “nechoshet” appears- wallsחֹמוֹתchomot
wall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “chomot” appears- landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- against the kingsמַלְכֵיmalche
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malche” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- against its princesשָׂרֶיsare
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appears- against its priestsכֹהֲנֶיchohane
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “chohane” appears- and against the peopleעַםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears
The context
17But you, gird up your loins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command you. Do not be dismayed before them, or I will dismay you before them.
18 · This verse (above)
19And they will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you, for with you am I, declares YHWH, to rescue you.”