A flourishingרַעֲנָןolive tree,זַיִתbeautifulיְפֵהin fruit andפְרִיin form,תֹאַרYHWHיְהוָהcalledקָרָאyour name;שְׁמֵךְwith the noiseלְקוֹלof a greatגְדֹלָהroarהֲמוּלָּהhe has setהִצִּיתfireאֵשׁto it,עָלֶיהָand its branchesדָּלִיּוֹתָיוare broken.וְרָעוּ
Jeremiah 11:16
Study it in the app“A flourishing olive tree, beautiful in fruit and in form, YHWH called your name; with the noise of a great roar he has set fire to it, and its branches are broken.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 11:16, word by word
- A flourishingרַעֲנָןraanan
green, leafy
Green, leafy: full of leaves; also fresh, flourishing.
Where else “raanan” appears- olive treeזַיִתzayit
olive tree
A tree with silvery leaves that yields fruit and oil; very common in Israel.
Where else “zayit” appears- beautifulיְפֵהyefe
beautiful
Beautiful, handsome, of fine appearance.
Where else “yefe” appears- in fruit andפְרִיferi
fruit
What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.
Where else “feri” appears- in formתֹאַרtoar
form
Form, figure, the shape of the body; appearance.
Where else “toar” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- calledקָרָאkara
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “kara” appears- your nameשְׁמֵsheme
name of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “sheme” appears- with the noiseקוֹלkol
sound
What is heard: a noise, a sound or a din.
Where else “kol” appears- of a greatגְדֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears- roarהֲמוּלָּהhamula
roar, tumult
A great noise or tumult (as of rain or of a crowd).
Where else “hamula” appears- he has setהִצִּיתhitsit
set on fire
Set on fire, burn.
Where else “hitsit” appears- fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- and its branchesדָּלִיּוֹתָיdaliyotay
branch
Branch: a hanging bough of a tree.
Where else “daliyotay” appears- are brokenרָעוּrau
shatter
To break to pieces, shatter.
Where else “rau” appears
The context
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.
16 · This verse (above)
17And YHWH Tsevaot, who planted you, has spoken evil against you because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done for themselves to provoke me by burning incense to Baal.”