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A throneכִּסֵּאof glory,כָבוֹדon highמָרוֹםfrom the beginning,מֵרִאשׁוֹןis the placeמְקוֹםof our sanctuary.מִקְדָּשֵׁנוּ
Jeremiah 17:12
Study it in the app“A throne of glory, on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 17:12, word by word
- A throneכִּסֵּאkise
throne
Literally "the seat": the king's chair, or YHWH's, from which he rules.
Where else “kise” appears- of gloryכָבוֹדchavod
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “chavod” appears- on highמָרוֹםmarom
height
What is on high: the height, the highest heaven.
Where else “marom” appears- from the beginningרִאשׁוֹןrishon
former
What already happened or existed before, in past times.
Where else “rishon” appears- is the placeמְקוֹםmekom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekom” appears- of our sanctuaryמִקְדָּשֵׁmikdashe
sanctuary
Sanctuary: a place set apart for God; also a holy thing. Said too of the shrines of other gods.
Where else “mikdashe” appears
The context
11A 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.
12 · This verse (above)
13Hope of Israel, YHWH, all who abandon you will be put to shame; and those who turn away from me will be written in the earth, for they have abandoned the fountain of living waters, YHWH.