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And you will seekוּבִקַּשְׁתֶּםmeאֹתִיand find me,וּמְצָאתֶםwhenכִּיyou search for meתִדְרְשֻׁנִיwith allבְּכָלyour heart.לְבַבְכֶם
Jeremiah 29:13
Study it in the app“And you will seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 29:13, word by word
- And you will seekבִקַּשְׁתֶּםvikashtem
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “vikashtem” appears- and find meמְצָאתֶםmetsatem
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “metsatem” appears- you search for meתִדְרְשֻׁtidrshu
consult
To turn to YHWH to ask him, pray to him.
Where else “tidrshu” appears- your heartלְבַבְlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears
Translation note
Cf. Deuteronomy 4:29.
The context
12And you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
13 · This verse (above)
14And I will be found by you, declares YHWH, and I will bring back your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, declares YHWH, and I will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.