Forכִּיevenגַםyour brothersאַחֶיךָand the houseוּבֵיתof your father,אָבִיךָevenגַּםtheyהֵמָּהhave betrayed you;בָּגְדוּ בָךְevenגַּםtheyהֵמָּהhave shoutedקָרְאוּafter youאַחֲרֶיךָin full voice;מָלֵאdo notאַלtrust them,תַּאֲמֵן בָּםthoughכִּיthey speak to youיְדַבְּרוּ אֵלֶיךָgood things.טוֹבוֹת
Jeremiah 12:6
Study it in the app“For even your brothers and the house of your father, even they have betrayed you; even they have shouted after you in full voice; do not trust them, though they speak to you good things.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 12:6, word by word
- your brothersאַחֶיache
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ache” appears- and the houseבֵיתvet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vet” appears- of your fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- have betrayed youבָּגְדוּbagdu
act treacherously
Be unfaithful: break one's word or someone's trust.
Where else “bagdu” appears- have shoutedקָרְאוּkaru
cry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “karu” appears- in full voiceמָלֵאmale
full
Full, complete. "Full silver" is the full price.
Where else “male” appears- trust themתַּאֲמֵןtaamen
believe
To rely on someone and on what they say: Abram with YHWH.
Where else “taamen” appears- they speak to youיְדַבְּרוּyedabru
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedabru” appears- good thingsטוֹבוֹתtovot
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tovot” appears
The context
5If with men on foot you have run and they have wearied you, how will you compete with the horses? And in a land of peace you feel secure, but how will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?
6 · This verse (above)
7I have left my house; I have abandoned my inheritance; I have given the beloved of my soul into the palm of her enemies.