Jeremiah 16:3

“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:”

Jeremiah 16:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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in this placeמָּקוֹםmakom

place

A place, a spot.

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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.

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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.

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