Jeremiah 27:5

“I made the earth, the human beings and the animals that are on the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and I give it to whomever it seems right in my eyes.”

Jeremiah 27:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 27:5, word by word

madeעָשִׂיתִיasiti

make

To build or create something.

Where else “asiti” appears
the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “arets” appears
the human beingsאָדָםadam

human being

All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.

Where else “adam” appears
and the animalsבְּהֵמָהbehema

beast

Animals in general.

Where else “behema” appears
on the faceפְּנֵיpene

surface

The surface: "the face of the earth".

Where else “pene” appears
by my great powerכֹחִchochi

strength

Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.

Where else “chochi” appears
by my great powerגָּדוֹלgadol

great

Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.

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and by my outstretched armזְרוֹעִzeroi

arm

The limb between shoulder and hand; in an animal, the shoulder.

Where else “zeroi” appears
and by my outstretched armנְּטוּיָהnetuya

stretch out

To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.

Where else “netuya” appears
and I give itנְתַתִּיnetati

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “netati” appears
it seems rightיָשַׁרyashar

seem right

To seem good to someone.

Where else “yashar” appears
in my eyesעֵינָena

sight

"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.

Where else “ena” appears

The context

4and command them to say to their masters, saying, ‘Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: Thus you shall say to your masters:

5 · This verse (above)

6And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, my servant; and even the animals of the field I have given him to serve him.

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