Takeקְחוּwivesנָשִׁיםand fatherוְהוֹלִידוּsonsבָּנִיםand daughters;וּבָנוֹתand takeוּקְחוּwivesנָשִׁיםfor your sons,לִבְנֵיכֶםand giveתְּנוּyour daughtersוְאֶת בְּנוֹתֵיכֶםto husbands,לַאֲנָשִׁיםand let them bearוְתֵלַדְנָהsonsבָּנִיםand daughters;וּבָנוֹתand multiplyוּרְבוּthere,שָׁםand do notוְאַלdecrease.תִּמְעָטוּ
Jeremiah 29:6
Study it in the app“Take wives and father sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, and let them bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and do not decrease.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 29:6, word by word
- Takeקְחוּkechu
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “kechu” appears- wivesנָשִׁיםnashim
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashim” appears- and fatherהוֹלִידוּholidu
father
For a man to have a child.
Where else “holidu” appears- sonsבָּנִיםbanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appears- and daughtersבָנוֹתvanot
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vanot” appears- and giveתְּנוּtenu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tenu” appears- to husbandsאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
husband
Literally "her man": the one married to her.
Where else “anashim” appears- and multiplyרְבוּrevu
multiply
To grow in number.
Where else “revu” appears- decreaseתִּמְעָטוּtimatu
be few, too small
Be few, be too small for something; make few, reduce.
Where else “timatu” appears
The context
5Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their fruit.
6 · This verse (above)
7And seek the peace of the city where I have carried you into exile, and pray for it to YHWH, for in its peace you will have peace.