I have leftעָזַבְתִּיmy house;אֶת בֵּיתִיI have abandonedנָטַשְׁתִּיmy inheritance;אֶת נַחֲלָתִיI have givenנָתַתִּיthe belovedאֶת יְדִדוּתof my soulנַפְשִׁיinto the palmבְּכַףof her enemies.אֹיְבֶיהָ
Jeremiah 12:7
Study it in the app“I have left my house; I have abandoned my inheritance; I have given the beloved of my soul into the palm of her enemies.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.