Perhapsאוּלַיthey will listenיִשְׁמְעוּand turn back,וְיָשֻׁבוּeach oneאִישׁfrom his evil way,מִדַּרְכּוֹ הָרָעָהand I will relentוְנִחַמְתִּיconcerning the evilאֶל הָרָעָהthatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam planningחֹשֵׁבto doלַעֲשׂוֹתto themלָהֶםbecause ofמִפְּנֵיthe evilרֹעַof their deeds.מַעַלְלֵיהֶם
Jeremiah 26:3
Study it in the app“Perhaps they will listen and turn back, each one from his evil way, and I will relent concerning the evil that I am planning to do to them because of the evil of their deeds.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 26:3, word by word
- Perhapsאוּלַיulay
perhaps
Perhaps, maybe.
Where else “ulay” appears- they will listenיִשְׁמְעוּyishmu
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “yishmu” appears- and turn backיָשֻׁבוּyashuvu
turn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “yashuvu” 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 I will relentנִחַמְתִּיnichamti
relent
God gives up the evil he announced and leaves it unfulfilled.
Where else “nichamti” appears- am planningחֹשֵׁבchoshev
devise
To devise a plan or a design, good or bad.
Where else “choshev” appears- to doעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- because ofפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- the evilרֹעַroa
evil
The wickedness of deeds or the heart.
Where else “roa” appears- of their deedsמַעַלְלֵיmaalle
deeds, doings
Deeds, doings; what someone does, good or bad.
Where else “maalle” appears
The context
2“Thus says YHWH: Stand in the court of the house of YHWH, and speak to all the cities of Judah that come to bow down in the house of YHWH all the words that I command you to speak to them; do not hold back a word.
3 · This verse (above)
4And you shall say to them, ‘Thus says YHWH: If you do not listen to me, to walk in my instruction that I have set before you,