And I will repayוְשִׁלַּמְתִּיfirstרִאשׁוֹנָהdoubleמִשְׁנֵהtheir iniquityעֲוֺנָםand their sin,וְחַטָּאתָםbecauseעַלthey have profanedחַלְּלָםmy landאֶת אַרְצִיwith the carcassesבְּנִבְלַתof their detestable things,שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶםand with their abominationsוְתוֹעֲבוֹתֵיהֶםthey have filledמָלְאוּmy inheritance.”אֶת נַחֲלָתִי
Jeremiah 16:18
Study it in the app“And I will repay first double their iniquity and their sin, because they have profaned my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and with their abominations they have filled my inheritance.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 16:18, word by word
- And I will repayשִׁלַּמְתִּיshilamti
repay
To settle a debt, give back; keep a vow.
Where else “shilamti” appears- firstרִאשׁוֹנָהrishona
first
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishona” appears- doubleמִשְׁנֵהmishne
double
Twice the amount.
Where else “mishne” appears- their iniquityעֲוֺנָavona
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avona” appears- and their sinחַטָּאתָchatata
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatata” appears- they have profanedחַלְּלָchalla
profane
To treat what is holy as common.
Where else “challa” appears- my landאַרְצִartsi
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artsi” appears- with the carcassesנִבְלַתnivlat
carcass, dead body
A carcass, the dead body of a person or of an animal (often in the singular for many). Once, figuratively, of idols.
Where else “nivlat” appears- of their detestable thingsשִׁקּוּצֵיshikutse
detestable thing
Detestable thing: what is disgusting; said above all of idols.
Where else “shikutse” appears- and with their abominationsתוֹעֲבוֹתֵיtoavote
abomination
Abomination: something that a people or God rejects with disgust, above all idolatry and the practices God forbids; also a custom another people will not tolerate.
Where else “toavote” appears- they have filledמָלְאוּmalu
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “malu” appears- my inheritanceנַחֲלָתִnachalati
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalati” appears
The context
17For my eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from before me, nor is their iniquity concealed from before my eyes.
18 · This verse (above)
19YHWH, my strength and my stronghold and my place to flee in the day of distress, to you nations will come from the ends of the earth and say: “Surely our fathers inherited falsehood, vapor, and there is no profit in them.”