Jeremiah 16:2

““You shall not take for yourself a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.”

Jeremiah 16:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 16:2, word by word

takeתִקַּחtikach

take a wife

"Take a wife": to marry.

Where else “tikach” appears
a wifeאִשָּׁהisha

wife

Literally "his woman": the one married to him.

Where else “isha” appears
shall you haveיִהְיוּyihyu

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

Where else “yihyu” appears
sonsבָּנִיםbanim

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “banim” appears
or daughtersבָנוֹתvanot

daughter

A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.

Where else “vanot” appears
in this placeמָּקוֹםmakom

place

A place, a spot.

Where else “makom” appears

The context

1And the word of YHWH came to me, saying:

2 · This verse (above)

3For thus says YHWH concerning the sons and concerning the daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bear them, and concerning their fathers who father them in this land:

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