Jeremiah 20:9

“And 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.”

Jeremiah 20:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 20:9, word by word

And I saidאָמַרְתִּיamarti

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “amarti” appears
remember himאֶזְכְּרֶezkre

mention

To speak of something, bring it to others' minds.

Where else “ezkre” appears
speakאֲדַבֵּרadaber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

Where else “adaber” appears
in his nameשְׁמshem

name

The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.

Where else “shem” appears
But there wasהָיָהhaya

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

Where else “haya” appears
in my heartלִבִּlibi

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.

Where else “libi” appears
as it were a fireאֵשׁesh

fire

Fire that burns or cooks.

Where else “esh” appears
burningבֹּעֶרֶתboeret

burn

For fire to be lit, or to make something be consumed in flames.

Where else “boeret” appears
shut upעָצֻרatsur

restrain

To stop something, like rain or a plague.

Where else “atsur” appears
in my bonesעַצְמֹתָatsmota

bone

Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.

Where else “atsmota” appears
and I am wearyנִלְאֵיתִיnileti

grow weary

To grow weary of something or have had enough of it.

Where else “nileti” appears
of holding it inכַּלְכֵלkalchel

hold

To hold, or endure something.

Where else “kalchel” appears
and I cannotאוּכָלuchal

be able

To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.

Where else “uchal” appears

The context

8For whenever I speak, I cry out; “Violence and destruction!” I proclaim; for the word of YHWH has become for me a reproach and a derision all day long.

9 · This verse (above)

10For 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.”

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