who intendהַחֹשְׁבִיםto makeלְmy peopleאֶת עַמִּיforgetהַשְׁכִּיחַmy nameשְׁמִיby their dreamsבַּחֲלוֹמֹתָםthatאֲשֶׁרthey tellיְסַפְּרוּeachאִישׁto his neighbor,לְרֵעֵהוּjust asכַּאֲשֶׁרtheir fathersאֲבוֹתָםforgotשָׁכְחוּmy nameאֶת שְׁמִיfor Baal?בַּבָּעַל
Jeremiah 23:27
Study it in the app“who intend to make my people forget my name by their dreams that they tell each to his neighbor, just as their fathers forgot my name for Baal?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 23:27, word by word
- who intendחֹשְׁבִיםchoshvim
devise
To devise a plan or a design, good or bad.
Where else “choshvim” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- forgetהַשְׁכִּיחַhashkiach
forget
Forget.
Where else “hashkiach” appears- my nameשְׁמִshemi
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shemi” appears- by their dreamsחֲלוֹמֹתָchalomota
dream
Dream: what one sees while asleep. In the Bible, God sometimes speaks through dreams.
Where else “chalomota” appears- they tellיְסַפְּרוּyesapru
recount
To relate, declare: the heavens proclaim the glory of El.
Where else “yesapru” 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- their fathersאֲבוֹתָavota
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avota” appears- for Baalבָּעַלbaal
Baal
Baal: the god of the Canaanites, to whom they attributed the rain and the harvests. The word means "lord, owner." The Bible names him as a foreign god whom Israel was not to serve.
Where else “baal” appears
The context
26How long? Is it in the heart of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, and prophets of the deceit of their own heart,
27 · This verse (above)
28The prophet who has a dream, let him tell the dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What has the straw to do with the grain? declares YHWH.