As for you,וְאַתָּהdo notאַלprayתִּתְפַּלֵּלfor this people,בְּעַד הָעָם הַזֶּהand do notוְאַלlift upתִּשָּׂאfor themבַעֲדָםa cryרִנָּהor a prayer,וּתְפִלָּהforכִּיI will notאֵינֶנִּיbe listeningשֹׁמֵעַin the timeבְּעֵתwhen they callקָרְאָםto meאֵלַיbecause of their evil.בְּעַד רָעָתָם
Jeremiah 11:14
Study it in the app“As for you, do not pray for this people, and do not lift up for them a cry or a prayer, for I will not be listening in the time when they call to me because of their evil.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 11:14, word by word
- prayתִּתְפַּלֵּלtitpalel
pray
To talk with God, often asking for others.
Where else “titpalel” appears- for this peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- lift upתִּשָּׂאtisa
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “tisa” appears- a cryרִנָּהrina
cry for help
A plea to God for help.
Where else “rina” appears- or a prayerתְפִלָּהtefila
prayer
Prayer: words addressed to God to ask, to intercede or to praise. Several psalms bear this name.
Where else “tefila” appears- be listeningשֹׁמֵעַshomea
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shomea” appears- in the timeעֵתet
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appears- when they callקָרְאָkara
cry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “kara” appears- because of their evilרָעָתָraata
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raata” appears
The context
13For as the number of your cities are your gods, Judah; and as the number of the streets of Jerusalem you have set up altars to the Shame, altars to burn incense to Baal.
14 · This verse (above)
15What right has my beloved in my house, when she has carried out her schemes, the many? And the holy flesh will pass from upon you, for in your evil, then you exult.