Jeremiah 17:6

“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.”

Jeremiah 17:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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