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“Hearשִׁמְעוּthe wordsאֶת דִּבְרֵיof this covenant,הַבְּרִית הַזֹּאתand speak themוְדִבַּרְתָּםto the menאֶל אִישׁof Judahיְהוּדָהand to the inhabitantsוְעַל יֹשְׁבֵיof Jerusalem.יְרוּשָׁלִָם
Jeremiah 11:2
Study it in the app““Hear the words of this covenant, and speak them to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 11:2, word by word
- “Hearשִׁמְעוּshimu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shimu” appears- the wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- of this covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears- and speak themדִבַּרְתָּdibarta
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarta” appears- to the menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” 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- and to the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
1The word that came to Jeremiah from YHWH, saying:
2 · This verse (above)
3And say to them: ‘Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel: Cursed be the man who does not hear the words of this covenant,