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Will you reignהֲתִמְלֹךְbecauseכִּיyouאַתָּהcompeteמְתַחֲרֶהin cedar?בָאָרֶזYour father,אָבִיךָdid he notהֲלוֹאeatאָכַלand drinkוְשָׁתָהand doוְעָשָׂהjusticeמִשְׁפָּטand righteousness?וּצְדָקָהThenאָזit was wellטוֹבwith him.לוֹ
Jeremiah 22:15
Study it in the app“Will you reign because you compete in cedar? Your father, did he not eat and drink and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 22:15, word by word
- Will you reignתִמְלֹךְtimloch
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “timloch” appears- competeמְתַחֲרֶהmetachare
compete
To compete, to vie with someone in a race.
Where else “metachare” appears- in cedarאָרֶזarez
cedar
Cedar: a large tree with fragrant, lasting wood.
Where else “arez” appears- Your fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- eatאָכַלachal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achal” appears- and drinkשָׁתָהshata
drink
Drink.
Where else “shata” appears- and doעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears- justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears- and righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedaka
righteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsedaka” appears- it was wellטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears
The context
14who says, “I will build for myself a house of great dimensions and spacious upper rooms, and cuts out for it its windows, paneled with cedar and painted with vermilion.”
15 · This verse (above)
16He judged the cause of the afflicted and the needy; then it was well. Is not this to know me? declares YHWH.