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You planted them;נְטַעְתָּםthey have evenגַּםtaken root;שֹׁרָשׁוּthey grow,יֵלְכוּthey evenגַּםproduceעָשׂוּfruit;פֶרִיnearקָרוֹבare youאַתָּהin their mouth,בְּפִיהֶםbut farוְרָחוֹקfrom their kidneys.מִכִּלְיוֹתֵיהֶם
Jeremiah 12:2
Study it in the app“You planted them; they have even taken root; they grow, they even produce fruit; near are you in their mouth, but far from their kidneys.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 12:2, word by word
- You planted themנְטַעְתָּnetata
plant
Plant; set firmly.
Where else “netata” appears- taken rootשֹׁרָשׁוּshorashu
take root
To take hold in the ground by sending out roots, like a plant that prospers.
Where else “shorashu” appears- they growיֵלְכוּyelchu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appears- produceעָשׂוּasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appears- fruitפֶרִיferi
fruit
What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.
Where else “feri” appears- nearקָרוֹבkarov
near
Close by, or having access to YHWH.
Where else “karov” appears- in their mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- but farרָחוֹקrachok
far
To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.
Where else “rachok” appears- from their kidneysכִּלְיוֹתֵיkilyote
inmost self
A person's innermost self, their feelings.
Where else “kilyote” appears
The context
1Righteous are you, YHWH, when I contend with you; yet judgments I will speak with you: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are at ease all who betray with betrayal?
2 · This verse (above)
3But you, YHWH, know me; you see me, and you have tested my heart with you. Drag them off like sheep to the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of killing.