Concerning the prophets:לַנְּבִאִיםMy heartלִבִּיis brokenנִשְׁבַּרwithin me;בְקִרְבִּיallכָּלmy bonesעַצְמוֹתַיtremble;רָחֲפוּI have becomeהָיִיתִיlike a drunkenכְּ שִׁכּוֹרman,אִישׁand like a manוּכְגֶבֶרwhom wineיָיִןhas overcome,עֲבָרוֹbecause ofמִפְּנֵיYHWHיְהוָהand because ofוּמִפְּנֵיhis holyקָדְשׁוֹwords.דִּבְרֵי
Jeremiah 23:9
Study it in the app“Concerning 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 23:9, word by word
- Concerning the prophetsנְּבִאִיםneviim
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “neviim” appears- My heartלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- is brokenנִשְׁבַּרnishbar
crush
To break pride; "a broken heart".
Where else “nishbar” appears- within meקִרְבִּkirbi
inside
One's inner part, one's inmost self.
Where else “kirbi” appears- my bonesעַצְמוֹתַatsmota
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsmota” appears- trembleרָחֲפוּrachafu
tremble
The body going slack with fear.
Where else “rachafu” appears- I have becomeהָיִיתִיhayiti
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayiti” appears- like a drunkenשִׁכּוֹרshikor
drunk
Drunk: one who has drunk too much wine.
Where else “shikor” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- and like a manגֶבֶרgever
man
Man, a grown man in his strength.
Where else “gever” appears- whom wineיָיִןyayin
wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appears- has overcomeעֲבָרavar
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avar” appears- because ofפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- his holyקָדְשׁkadsh
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kadsh” appears- wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears
The context
8but ‘As YHWH lives, who brought up and who brought the offspring of the house of Israel out of the land of the north and out of all the lands where I had driven them’; and they will dwell on their own ground.”
9 · This verse (above)
10For the land is full of adulterers; for because of the curse the land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness have dried up; and their course is evil, and their might is not right.