Jeremiah 23:27

“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?”

Jeremiah 23:27 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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