But Iוַאֲנִיhave notלֹאhurriedאַצְתִּיfrom being a shepherdמֵרֹעֶהafter you,אַחֲרֶיךָand the dayוְיוֹםbeyond remedyאָנוּשׁI have notלֹאdesired;הִתְאַוֵּיתִיyouאַתָּהknow it;יָדָעְתָּwhat comes outמוֹצָאof my lipsשְׂפָתַיhas beenהָיָהbefore your face.נֹכַח פָּנֶיךָ
Jeremiah 17:16
Study it in the app“But I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you, and the day beyond remedy I have not desired; you know it; what comes out of my lips has been before your face.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 17:16, word by word
- hurriedאַצְתִּיatsti
hurry
To do something too fast.
Where else “atsti” appears- from being a shepherdרֹעֶהroe
shepherd
One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.
Where else “roe” appears- and the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- beyond remedyאָנוּשׁanush
be incurable, be sick
To be desperately sick, beyond remedy; figuratively, to be in despair.
Where else “anush” appears- desiredהִתְאַוֵּיתִיhitaveti
crave, desire
Desire strongly, crave something.
Where else “hitaveti” appears- know itיָדָעְתָּyadata
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadata” appears- what comes outמוֹצָאmotsa
utterance
What comes out of the mouth.
Where else “motsa” appears- of my lipsשְׂפָתַsefata
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefata” appears- has beenהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- before your faceנֹכַחnochach
opposite
On the opposite side, facing something.
Where else “nochach” appears- before your faceפָּנֶיpane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pane” appears
The context
15Look, they say to me: “Where is the word of YHWH? Let it come now!”
16 · This verse (above)
17Do not be to me a terror; my refuge are you in the day of evil.