ForכִּיI solemnly warnedהָעֵד הַעִדֹתִיyour fathersבַּאֲבוֹתֵיכֶםon the dayבְּיוֹםI brought them upהַעֲלוֹתִי אוֹתָםfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםand untilוְעַדthis day,הַיּוֹם הַזֶּהrising earlyהַשְׁכֵּםand warning,וְהָעֵדsaying:לֵאמֹר‘Listenשִׁמְעוּto my voice.’בְּקוֹלִי
Jeremiah 11:7
Study it in the app“For I solemnly warned your fathers on the day I brought them up from the land of Egypt, and until this day, rising early and warning, saying: ‘Listen to my voice.’”
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Jeremiah 11:7, word by word
- I solemnly warnedהָעֵדhaed
warn
To warn strongly, calling someone as witness.
Where else “haed” appears- your fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- on the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- I brought them upהַעֲלוֹתִhaaloti
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “haaloti” appears- from the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- rising earlyהַשְׁכֵּםhashkem
rise early
To get up early to do something.
Where else “hashkem” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- ‘Listenשִׁמְעוּshimu
obey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “shimu” appears- to my voice.’קוֹלִkoli
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “koli” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
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.’
7 · This verse (above)
8But they did not listen or incline their ear, but walked, each one in the stubbornness of his evil heart; and I brought on them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not do them.”