Norוְלֹאwill people break breadיִפְרְסוּfor themלָהֶםin mourningעַל אֵבֶלto comfort himלְנַחֲמוֹfor the dead,עַל מֵתnorוְלֹאgive them to drinkיַשְׁקוּ אוֹתָםthe cupכּוֹסof consolationתַּנְחוּמִיםfor his fatherעַל אָבִיוor for his mother.וְעַל אִמּוֹ
Jeremiah 16:7
Study it in the app“Nor will people break bread for them in mourning to comfort him for the dead, nor give them to drink the cup of consolation for his father or for his mother.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 16:7, word by word
- will people break breadיִפְרְסוּyifrsu
break bread
To divide bread and give it to others.
Where else “yifrsu” appears- in mourningאֵבֶלevel
mourning
Mourning, grief for one who has died.
Where else “evel” appears- to comfort himנַחֲמnacham
comfort
To ease someone in his pain with words and company.
Where else “nacham” appears- for the deadמֵתmet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appears- give them to drinkיַשְׁקוּyashku
give drink
To give water or another liquid to people or animals.
Where else “yashku” appears- the cupכּוֹסkos
cup
A drinking vessel; also the lot that falls to each one to drink, good or bad.
Where else “kos” appears- of consolationתַּנְחוּמִיםtanchumim
consolation
Consolation, comfort. Almost always plural: "consolations."
Where else “tanchumim” appears- for his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- or for his motherאִמּim
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “im” appears
The context
6And great and small will die in this land; they will not be buried, nor will people mourn for them, nor will anyone make incisions, nor shave himself bald for them.
7 · This verse (above)
8And a house of feasting do not enter to sit with them to eat and to drink.