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I have heardשָׁמַעְתִּיwhatאֵת אֲשֶׁרthe prophetsהַנְּבִאִיםhave saidאָמְרוּwho prophesyהַנִּבְּאִיםfalsehoodשֶׁקֶרin my name,בִּשְׁמִיsaying,לֵאמֹר‘I have dreamed,חָלַמְתִּיI have dreamed!’חָלָמְתִּי
Jeremiah 23:25
Study it in the app“I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy falsehood in my name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 23:25, word by word
- I have heardשָׁמַעְתִּיshamati
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamati” appears- the prophetsנְּבִאִיםneviim
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “neviim” appears- have saidאָמְרוּamru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amru” appears- who prophesyנִּבְּאִיםnibim
prophesy
To speak what God's spirit gives to say.
Where else “nibim” appears- falsehoodשֶׁקֶרsheker
lie
What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.
Where else “sheker” appears- in my nameשְׁמִshemi
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shemi” appears- ‘I have dreamedחָלַמְתִּיchalamti
dream
To see images and scenes while asleep.
Where else “chalamti” appears
The context
24Can anyone hide himself in secret places so that I do not see him? declares YHWH. Do I not fill the heavens and the earth? declares YHWH.
25 · This verse (above)
26How long? Is it in the heart of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, and prophets of the deceit of their own heart,