And I said,וְאָמַרְתִּי“I will notלֹאremember himאֶזְכְּרֶנּוּorוְלֹאspeakאֲדַבֵּרany moreעוֹדin his name.”בִּשְׁמוֹBut there wasוְהָיָהin my heartבְלִבִּיas it were a fireכְּאֵשׁburning,בֹּעֶרֶתshut upעָצֻרin my bones,בְּעַצְמֹתָיand I am wearyוְנִלְאֵיתִיof holding it in,כַּלְכֵלand I cannot.וְלֹא אוּכָל
Jeremiah 20:9
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With the Hebrew beneath
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.”