ForכִּיI have heardשָׁמַעְתִּיthe whisperingדִּבַּתof many:רַבִּים“Terrorמָגוֹרon every side!מִסָּבִיבDenounce him,הַגִּידוּand let us denounce him!”וְנַגִּידֶנּוּAllכֹּלthe menאֱנוֹשׁof my peace,שְׁלוֹמִיwatchingשֹׁמְרֵיfor my stumbling,צַלְעִיsay,“Perhapsאוּלַיhe will let himself be seduced,יְפֻתֶּהand we will prevailוְנוּכְלָהover him,לוֹand we will takeוְנִקְחָהour vengeanceנִקְמָתֵנוּon him.”מִמֶּנּוּ
Jeremiah 20:10
Study it in the app“For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror on every side! Denounce him, and let us denounce him!” All the men of my peace, watching for my stumbling, say, “Perhaps he will let himself be seduced, and we will prevail over him, and we will take our vengeance on him.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 20:10, word by word
- I have heardשָׁמַעְתִּיshamati
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamati” appears- the whisperingדִּבַּתdibat
bad report
Bad report about someone; slander, gossip.
Where else “dibat” appears- of manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- “Terrorמָגוֹרmagor
terror
Terror: fear that surrounds someone on every side.
Where else “magor” appears- on every sideסָּבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears- Denounce himהַגִּידוּhagidu
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “hagidu” appears- the menאֱנוֹשׁenosh
man, mortal
Man, mortal: the human being seen in his weakness; also people in general.
Where else “enosh” appears- of my peaceשְׁלוֹמִshelomi
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shelomi” appears- watchingשֹׁמְרֵיshomre
preserve
To keep something, or watch and wait.
Where else “shomre” appears- for my stumblingצַלְעִtsali
stumbling, fall
A stumbling, a fall: the false step of one who limps.
Where else “tsali” appears- “Perhapsאוּלַיulay
perhaps
Perhaps, maybe.
Where else “ulay” appears- he will let himself be seducedיְפֻתֶּהyefute
entice
To win someone over by trickery.
Where else “yefute” appears- and we will prevailנוּכְלָהnuchla
prevail
To come out victorious against someone stronger or greater.
Where else “nuchla” appears- and we will takeנִקְחָהnikcha
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “nikcha” appears- our vengeanceנִקְמָתֵnikmate
vengeance
Vengeance: punishment given for a wrong received.
Where else “nikmate” appears
The context
9And I said, “I will not remember him or speak any more in his name.” But there was in my heart as it were a fire burning, shut up in my bones, and I am weary of holding it in, and I cannot.
10 · This verse (above)
11But YHWH is with me like a dreadful mighty man; therefore my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail; they will be greatly ashamed, for they have not succeeded; their eternal ignominy will not be forgotten.