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“Takeקַחthe beltאֶת הָאֵזוֹרthatאֲשֶׁרyou bought,קָנִיתָwhichאֲשֶׁרis on your loins,עַל מָתְנֶיךָand get up,וְקוּםgoלֵךְto the Euphrates,פְּרָתָהand hide itוְטָמְנֵהוּthereשָׁםin the cleftבִּנְקִיקof the rock.”הַסָּלַע
Jeremiah 13:4
Study it in the app““Take the belt that you bought, which is on your loins, and get up, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in the cleft of the rock.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 13:4, word by word
- “Takeקַחkach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kach” appears- the beltאֵזוֹרezor
belt, band
A belt, a sash: a band tied around the waist.
Where else “ezor” appears- you boughtקָנִיתָkanita
buy
To give silver in order to become the owner of something.
Where else “kanita” appears- is on your loinsמָתְנֶיmatne
waist, loins
Waist, loins.
Where else “matne” appears- and get upקוּםkum
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kum” appears- goלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- to the Euphratesפְּרָתָperata
Euphrates
See it on the mapWhere else “perata” appears- and hide itטָמְנֵtamne
hide, bury
Hide by burying in the ground.
Where else “tamne” appears- in the cleftנְקִיקnekik
cleft (in the rock)
A cleft in the rock.
Where else “nekik” appears- of the rockסָּלַעsala
crag
A great mountain stone, a place of refuge.
Where else “sala” appears
Translation note
“Euphrates”: in Hebrew, “Perat,” the name of the great river. Some think of Parah, a place near Anathoth (Joshua 18:23).
Places in this verse
Euphrates
Today: Euphrates River: Turkey, Syria, Iraq
The longest river in southwest Asia; it rises in Turkey and flows through Syria and Iraq to the Persian Gulf.
It is one of the four rivers of Eden (Gen 2:14). God promised Abram the land as far as this river (Gen 15:18).
The context
3And the word of YHWH came to me a second time, saying:
4 · This verse (above)
5So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as YHWH had commanded me.