Forכִּיthe landהָאָרֶץis fullמָלְאָהof adulterers;מְנָאֲפִיםforכִּיbecause ofמִפְּנֵיthe curseאָלָהthe landהָאָרֶץmourns;אָבְלָהthe pasturesנְאוֹתof the wildernessמִדְבָּרhave dried up;יָבְשׁוּand their courseוַ מְרוּצָתָםisתְּהִיevil,רָעָהand their mightוּגְבוּרָתָםis notלֹאright.כֵן
Jeremiah 23:10
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With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 23:10, word by word
- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- is fullמָלְאָהmala
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “mala” appears- of adulterersמְנָאֲפִיםmenaafim
commit adultery
To sleep with another's spouse.
Where else “menaafim” appears- because ofפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- the curseאָלָהala
curse
Words of cursing.
Where else “ala” appears- mournsאָבְלָהavla
mourn
Mourn, grieve for the dead.
Where else “avla” appears- the pasturesנְאוֹתneot
pasture
A meadow where the flock grazes and rests.
Where else “neot” appears- of the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- have dried upיָבְשׁוּyavshu
dry up
To lose water or moisture and become parched or withered.
Where else “yavshu” appears- and their courseמְרוּצָתָmerutsata
running, course
Running; the way someone runs (2 Samuel 18:27, where the watchman recognizes Ahimaaz by his running). Also the course someone takes in life (Jeremiah 8:6; 23:10).
Where else “merutsata” appears- isתְּהִיtehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tehi” appears- evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- and their mightגְבוּרָתָgevurata
strength
Strength of body or spirit to face something.
Where else “gevurata” appears
The context
9Concerning the prophets: My heart is broken within me; all my bones tremble; I have become like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, because of YHWH and because of his holy words.
10 · This verse (above)
11“For both prophet and priest are godless; even in my house I have found their evil, declares YHWH.