Jeremiah 11:16

“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.”

Jeremiah 11:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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in formתֹאַרtoar

form

Form, figure, the shape of the body; appearance.

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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.

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your nameשְׁמֵsheme

name of YHWH

YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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