saying,לֵאמֹר‘Turn back,שׁוּבוּplease,נָאeach oneאִישׁfrom his evil wayמִדַּרְכּוֹ הָרָעָהand from the evilוּמֵרֹעַof your deeds,מַעַלְלֵיכֶםand dwellוּשְׁבוּon the groundעַל הָאֲדָמָהthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהgaveנָתַןto youלָכֶםand to your fathersוְלַאֲבוֹתֵיכֶםfrom of oldלְמִן עוֹלָםand forever.וְעַד עוֹלָם
Jeremiah 25:5
Study it in the app“saying, ‘Turn back, please, each one from his evil way and from the evil of your deeds, and dwell on the ground that YHWH gave to you and to your fathers from of old and forever.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 25:5, word by word
- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- ‘Turn backשׁוּבוּshuvu
turn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “shuvu” appears- each oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- from his evil wayדַּרְכּdark
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “dark” appears- from his evil wayרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- and from the evilרֹעַroa
evil
The wickedness of deeds or the heart.
Where else “roa” appears- of your deedsמַעַלְלֵיmaalle
deeds, doings
Deeds, doings; what someone does, good or bad.
Where else “maalle” appears- and dwellשְׁבוּshevu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “shevu” appears- on the groundאֲדָמָהadama
land
A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.
Where else “adama” 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- gaveנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- and to your fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- from of oldעוֹלָםolam
of old
The times of the forefathers, far back in the past.
Where else “olam” appears
The context
4And YHWH has sent to you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending, but you have not listened, nor inclined your ear to hear,
5 · This verse (above)
6And do not go after other gods to serve them and to bow down to them, and do not provoke me with the work of your hands, and I will not do harm to you.’