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Cursed beאָרוּרthe manהָאִישׁwhoאֲשֶׁרbrought the newsבִּשַּׂרto my father,אֶת אָבִיsaying,לֵאמֹר“A sonבֵּןis bornיֻלַּדto you,לְךָa male!”זָכָרmaking him very glad.שַׂמֵּחַ שִׂמֳּחָהוּ
Jeremiah 20:15
Study it in the app“Cursed be the man who brought the news to my father, saying, “A son is born to you, a male!” making him very glad.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 20:15, word by word
- Cursed beאָרוּרarur
curse
Curse: declare someone or something under punishment, deprived of blessing. It is the opposite of bless.
Where else “arur” appears- the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- brought the newsבִּשַּׂרbisar
bring news
To go and tell what happened, usually something good.
Where else “bisar” appears- to my fatherאָבִavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “A sonבֵּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- is bornיֻלַּדyulad
be born
To come into the world, to begin to live.
Where else “yulad” appears- a maleזָכָרzachar
male
A person of the male sex, man or boy.
Where else “zachar” appears- making him very gladשַׂמֵּחַsameach
gladden
To make someone feel glad and cheered.
Where else “sameach” appears
The context
14Cursed be the day on which I was born! The day when my mother bore me, let it not be blessed!
15 · This verse (above)
16And let that man be like the cities that YHWH overthrew and did not relent; and let him hear a cry in the morning and a war cry at the time of noon,