But ifוְאִםthey had stoodעָמְדוּin my council,בְּסוֹדִיthen they would have madeוְmy peopleאֶת עַמִּיhearיַשְׁמִעוּmy words,דְבָרַיand they would have turned them backוִישִׁבוּםfrom their evil wayמִדַּרְכָּם הָרָעand from the evilוּמֵרֹעַof their deeds.מַעַלְלֵיהֶם
Jeremiah 23:22
Study it in the app“But if they had stood in my council, then they would have made my people hear my words, and they would have turned them back from their evil way and from the evil of their deeds.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 23:22, word by word
- they had stoodעָמְדוּamdu
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “amdu” appears- in my councilסוֹדִsodi
circle
The circle of people who gather to talk or to make merry.
Where else “sodi” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- hearיַשְׁמִעוּyashmiu
obey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “yashmiu” appears- my wordsדְבָרַdevara
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devara” appears- and they would have turned them backישִׁבוּyshivu
turn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “yshivu” appears- from their evil wayדַּרְכָּdarka
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “darka” appears- from their evil wayרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- and from the evilרֹעַroa
evil
The wickedness of deeds or the heart.
Where else “roa” appears- of their deedsמַעַלְלֵיmaalle
deeds, doings
Deeds, doings; what someone does, good or bad.
Where else “maalle” appears
The context
21I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.
22 · This verse (above)
23Am I an Elohim near at hand, declares YHWH, and not an Elohim far off?