A partridgeקֹרֵאthat hatchesדָגַרwhat it did notוְלֹאlayיָלָדis the one who makesעֹשֶׂהrichesעֹשֶׁרand notוְלֹאby justice;בְמִשְׁפָּטin the middleבַּחֲצִיof his daysיָמָיוhe will leave it,יַעַזְבֶנּוּand at his endוּבְאַחֲרִיתוֹhe will beיִהְיֶהa fool.נָבָל
Jeremiah 17:11
Study it in the app“A partridge that hatches what it did not lay is the one who makes riches and not by justice; in the middle of his days he will leave it, and at his end he will be a fool.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 17:11, word by word
- A partridgeקֹרֵאkore
partridge
Partridge: a bird hunted by chasing it over the hills. Its Hebrew name means "the caller", from its cry.
Where else “kore” appears- that hatchesדָגַרdagar
hatch
To sit on eggs until the young come out.
Where else “dagar” appears- layיָלָדyalad
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yalad” appears- is the one who makesעֹשֶׂהose
make
To build or create something.
Where else “ose” appears- richesעֹשֶׁרosher
wealth
Wealth, riches.
Where else “osher” appears- by justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears- in the middleחֲצִיchatsi
half
One of two equal parts of something.
Where else “chatsi” appears- of his daysיָמָיyamay
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamay” appears- he will leave itיַעַזְבֶyaazve
leave
To not take something along, or put it in another's care.
Where else “yaazve” appears- and at his endאַחֲרִיתacharit
end
Where something ends, and how it ends.
Where else “acharit” appears- he will beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- a foolנָבָלnaval
foolish, fool
Foolish, a fool: not one who knows little, but one who lives without regard for God.
Where else “naval” appears
The context
10I, YHWH, search the heart, I test the kidneys, to give to each one according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.
11 · This verse (above)
12A throne of glory, on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.