Jeremiah 12:7

“I have left my house; I have abandoned my inheritance; I have given the beloved of my soul into the palm of her enemies.”

Jeremiah 12:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 12:7, word by word

I have leftעָזַבְתִּיazavti

forsake

To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.

Where else “azavti” appears
my houseבֵּיתִbeti

household

The family, everyone living under one roof.

Where else “beti” appears
I have abandonedנָטַשְׁתִּיnatashti

abandon

To turn away from someone or something and leave it behind.

Where else “natashti” appears
my inheritanceנַחֲלָתִnachalati

inheritance

Land or goods passed from parents to children.

Where else “nachalati” appears
I have givenנָתַתִּיnatati

hand over

To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.

Where else “natati” appears
the belovedיְדִדוּתyedidut

beloved

What is most loved, the thing someone holds most dear.

Where else “yedidut” appears
of my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi

soul

A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.

Where else “nafshi” appears
into the palmכַףchaf

palm

The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.

Where else “chaf” appears
of her enemiesאֹיְבֶיoyve

enemy

Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.

Where else “oyve” appears

The context

6For 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.

7 · This verse (above)

8My inheritance has become to me like a lion in the forest; she has raised against me her voice; therefore I have hated her.

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