Jeremiah 29:6

“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.”

Jeremiah 29:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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