ForכִּיthusכֹהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהconcerning the sonsעַל הַבָּנִיםand concerning the daughtersוְעַל הַבָּנוֹתwho are bornהַיִּלּוֹדִיםin this place,בַּמָּקוֹם הַזֶּהand concerning their mothersוְעַל אִמֹּתָםwho bear them,הַיֹּלְדוֹת אוֹתָםand concerning their fathersוְעַל אֲבוֹתָםwho father themהַמּוֹלִדִים אוֹתָםin this land:בָּאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת
Jeremiah 16:3
Study it in the app“For 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:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 16:3, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- concerning the sonsבָּנִיםbanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appears- and concerning the daughtersבָּנוֹתbanot
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “banot” appears- who are bornיִּלּוֹדִיםyilodim
be born
To come into the world, to begin to live.
Where else “yilodim” appears- in this placeמָּקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears- and concerning their mothersאִמֹּתָimota
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “imota” appears- and concerning their fathersאֲבוֹתָavota
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avota” appears- in this landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
2“You shall not take for yourself a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.
3 · This verse (above)
4Of deaths from diseases they will die; they will not be mourned or buried; as dung on the face of the ground they will be; and by the sword and by famine they will be finished off; and their corpses will be food for the birds of the heavens and for the animals of the earth.