Jeremiah 16:8

“And a house of feasting do not enter to sit with them to eat and to drink.”

Jeremiah 16:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 16:8, word by word

And a houseבֵיתvet

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

Where else “vet” appears
of feastingמִשְׁתֶּהmishte

feast

A party with food and drink.

Where else “mishte” appears
enterתָבוֹאtavo

enter

To go into a place.

Where else “tavo” appears
to sitשֶׁבֶתshevet

sit

To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.

Where else “shevet” appears
to eatאֱכֹלechol

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

Where else “echol” appears
and to drinkשְׁתּוֹתshetot

drink

Drink.

Where else “shetot” appears

The context

7Nor 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.

8 · This verse (above)

9For thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: Look, I am making cease from this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.

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