The prophetsהַנְּבִיאִיםwhoאֲשֶׁרwereהָיוּbefore meלְפָנַיand before youוּלְפָנֶיךָfrom of oldמִן הָעוֹלָםprophesiedוַיִּנָּבְאוּagainst manyאֶל רַבּוֹתlandsאֲרָצוֹתand against greatוְעַל גְּדֹלוֹתkingdomsמַמְלָכוֹתof warלְמִלְחָמָהand of evilוּלְרָעָהand of pestilence.וּלְדָבֶר
Jeremiah 28:8
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.”