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Forכִּיthat is whyעַל כֵּןhe has sentשָׁלַחto usאֵלֵינוּin Babylon,בָּבֶלsaying,לֵאמֹר“It will be long;אֲרֻכָּה הִיאbuildבְּנוּhousesבָתִּיםand live in them;וְשֵׁבוּand plantוְנִטְעוּgardensגַנּוֹתand eatוְאִכְלוּtheir fruit.”’”אֶת פְּרִיהֶן
Jeremiah 29:28
Study it in the app“For that is why he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, “It will be long; build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their fruit.”’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 29:28, word by word
- he has sentשָׁלַחshalach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalach” appears- in Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “It will be longאֲרֻכָּהaruka
long
Long, lasting a long time.
Where else “aruka” appears- buildבְּנוּbenu
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “benu” appears- housesבָתִּיםvatim
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vatim” appears- and live in themשֵׁבוּshevu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “shevu” appears- and plantנִטְעוּnitu
plant
Plant; set firmly.
Where else “nitu” appears- gardensגַנּוֹתganot
garden
Garden.
Where else “ganot” appears- and eatאִכְלוּichlu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “ichlu” appears- their fruit.”’פְּרִיperi
fruit
What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.
Where else “peri” appears
Places in this verse
Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
The context
27And now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you?
28 · This verse (above)
29And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.