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And manyרַבִּיםnationsגּוֹיִםwill passוְעָבְרוּby this city,עַל הָעִיר הַזֹּאתand they will sayוְאָמְרוּeachאִישׁto his neighbor,אֶל רֵעֵהוּ‘Whyעַל מֶהhas YHWHיְהוָהdoneעָשָׂהthusכָּכָהto this great city?’לָעִיר הַגְּדוֹלָה הַזֹּאת
Jeremiah 22:8
Study it in the app“And many nations will pass by this city, and they will say each to his neighbor, ‘Why has YHWH done thus to this great city?’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 22:8, word by word
- And manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- will passעָבְרוּavru
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avru” appears- by this cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- and they will sayאָמְרוּamru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amru” appears- eachאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- to his neighborרֵעֵree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears- has YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- doneעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears- to this great city?’גְּדוֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears
The context
7And I will consecrate against you destroyers, each with his weapons; and they will cut down your choicest cedars and make them fall into the fire.
8 · This verse (above)
9And they will say, ‘Because they forsook the covenant of YHWH their Elohim and bowed down to other gods and served them.’”