And he will beוְהָיָהlike a shrubכְּעַרְעָרin the steppe,בָּעֲרָבָהand he will notוְלֹאseeיִרְאֶהwhenכִּיgoodטוֹבcomes;יָבוֹאand he will dwellוְשָׁכַןin parched placesחֲרֵרִיםin the wilderness,בַּמִּדְבָּרa saltמְלֵחָהlandאֶרֶץand uninhabited.וְלֹא תֵשֵׁב
Jeremiah 17:6
Study it in the app“And he will be like a shrub in the steppe, and he will not see when good comes; and he will dwell in parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and uninhabited.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 17:6, word by word
- And he will beהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- like a shrubעַרְעָרarar
desert shrub, destitute
A bush of the desert; also someone destitute.
Where else “arar” appears- in the steppeעֲרָבָהarava
plain
Flat, dry land, where there is almost no water.
Where else “arava” appears- seeיִרְאֶהyire
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yire” appears- goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- comesיָבוֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- and he will dwellשָׁכַןshachan
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “shachan” appears- in parched placesחֲרֵרִיםcharerim
parched places
Parched ground, a place burned by the sun.
Where else “charerim” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- a saltמְלֵחָהmelecha
salt land
Salty, barren land.
Where else “melecha” appears- landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- and uninhabitedתֵשֵׁבteshev
be inhabited
For a land to be inhabited.
Where else “teshev” appears
Translation note
“Shrub”: the same word means “destitute” in Psalm 102:17.
The context
5Thus says YHWH: Cursed is the man who trusts in human beings, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart turns away from YHWH.
6 · This verse (above)
7Blessed is the man who trusts in YHWH, and YHWH is his trust.