Jeremiah 11:5

“so as to fulfill the oath that I swore to your fathers to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day.’” And I answered and said: “Amen, YHWH.””

Jeremiah 11:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 11:5, word by word

so as to fulfillהָקִיםhakim

establish

To put something up, or confirm a covenant.

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the oathשְּׁבוּעָהshevua

oath

Oath: a solemn promise sworn in someone's name.

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I sworeנִשְׁבַּעְתִּיnishbati

swear

To promise with God as witness.

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to your fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote

forefather

Ancestors, those who came before in the family.

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to give themתֵתtet

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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a landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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flowingזָבַתzavat

flow

For water to run; a land rich in milk and honey.

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with milkחָלָבchalav

milk

Milk.

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and honeyדְבַשׁdevash

honey

Honey; also sweet fruit syrup.

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it is this day.’יּוֹםyom

today

This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.

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And I answeredאַעַןaan

answer

To reply to what was said.

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and saidאֹמַרomar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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“Amenאָמֵןamen

amen

Amen: "so it is," "so be it." Whoever says it accepts as firm and true what has just been said.

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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.

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The context

4which I commanded your fathers on the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the furnace of iron, saying: “Listen to my voice, and do them according to all that I command you; and you will be to me a people, and I will be to you Elohim,”

5 · This verse (above)

6And YHWH said to me: “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: ‘Hear the words of this covenant, and do them.’

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