But Iוַאֲנִיwas like a gentleכְּ אַלּוּףlambכֶבֶשׂledיוּבַלto the slaughter,לִטְבוֹחַand I did notוְלֹאknowיָדַעְתִּיthatכִּיagainst meעָלַיthey devisedחָשְׁבוּschemes:מַחֲשָׁבוֹת“Let us destroyנַשְׁחִיתָהthe treeעֵץwith its fruit,בְּלַחְמוֹand let us cut him offוְנִכְרְתֶנּוּfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof the living,חַיִּיםso that his nameוּשְׁמוֹwill notלֹאbe rememberedיִזָּכֵרanymore.”עוֹד
Jeremiah 11:19
Study it in the app“But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter, and I did not know that against me they devised schemes: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name will not be remembered anymore.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 11:19, word by word
- was like a gentleאַלּוּףaluf
tame
Tame, used to the yoke: hence the ox or the tamed lamb.
Where else “aluf” appears- lambכֶבֶשׂcheves
lamb
Lamb: a young sheep, male (a young ram).
Where else “cheves” appears- ledיוּבַלyuval
bring, lead
To bring, to lead; sometimes in a procession, with solemnity.
Where else “yuval” appears- to the slaughterטְבוֹחַtevoach
butcher
To slaughter people without pity, like cattle.
Where else “tevoach” appears- knowיָדַעְתִּיyadati
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” appears- they devisedחָשְׁבוּchashvu
devise
To devise a plan or a design, good or bad.
Where else “chashvu” appears- schemesמַחֲשָׁבוֹתmachashavot
plan
What one devises; or a trap against someone.
Where else “machashavot” appears- “Let us destroyנַשְׁחִיתָהnashchita
destroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “nashchita” appears- the treeעֵץets
tree
A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.
Where else “ets” appears- with its fruitלַחְמlachm
food
Everything eaten at the table, even if it is not bread.
Where else “lachm” appears- and let us cut him offנִכְרְתֶnichrte
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “nichrte” appears- from the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of the livingחַיִּיםchayim
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chayim” appears- so that his nameשְׁמshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- be rememberedיִזָּכֵרyizacher
mention
To speak of something, bring it to others' minds.
Where else “yizacher” appears
Translation note
“With its fruit”: in Hebrew, “with its bread.” “Like a lamb… led to the slaughter” recalls Isaiah 53:7.
The context
18And YHWH made it known to me, and I knew it; then you showed me their deeds.
19 · This verse (above)
20But YHWH Tsevaot, who judges righteously, who tests the kidneys and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them, for to you I have laid open my cause.