Jeremiah 28:8

“The prophets who were before me and before you from of old prophesied against many lands and against great kingdoms of war and of evil and of pestilence.”

Jeremiah 28:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 28:8, word by word

The prophetsנְּבִיאִיםneviim

prophet

Someone who speaks for YHWH.

Where else “neviim” appears
wereהָיוּhayu

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

Where else “hayu” appears
before meפָנַfana

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

Where else “fana” appears
from of oldעוֹלָםolam

of old

The times of the forefathers, far back in the past.

Where else “olam” appears
prophesiedיִּנָּבְאוּyinavu

prophesy

To speak what God's spirit gives to say.

Where else “yinavu” appears
against manyרַבּוֹתrabot

many

A great number of people or things.

Where else “rabot” appears
landsאֲרָצוֹתaratsot

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “aratsot” appears
and against greatגְּדֹלוֹתgedolot

great

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

Where else “gedolot” appears
kingdomsמַמְלָכוֹתmamlachot

kingdom

A land ruled by a king.

Where else “mamlachot” appears
of warמִלְחָמָהmilchama

war, battle

War, battle.

Where else “milchama” appears
and of evilרָעָהraa

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

Where else “raa” appears
and of pestilenceדָבֶרdaver

plague, pestilence

Pestilence: a disease that kills many in a short time.

Where else “daver” appears

The context

7But hear, please, this word that I am speaking in your ears and in the ears of all the people:

8 · This verse (above)

9The prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet comes to pass, the prophet will be known whom YHWH has truly sent.”

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