Jeremiah 3:18

“In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave as an inheritance to your fathers.”

Jeremiah 3:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 3:18, word by word

In those daysיָּמִיםyamim

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

Where else “yamim” appears
the houseבֵיתvet

dynasty

Someone's descendants: "the house of David".

Where else “vet” appears
of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda

Judah

Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.

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will walkיֵלְכוּyelchu

walk

To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.

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of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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and they will comeיָבֹאוּyavou

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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togetherיַחְדָּוyachdav

together

Together, at the same time.

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from the landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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of the northצָפוֹןtsafon

north

North.

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I gave as an inheritanceהִנְחַלְתִּיhinchalti

apportion

To distribute the land as an inheritance among those who will receive it.

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to your fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote

forefather

Ancestors, those who came before in the family.

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The context

17At that time they will call Jerusalem the Throne of YHWH, and all the nations will gather to it, to the name of YHWH at Jerusalem, and they will no longer walk after the stubbornness of their evil heart.

18 · This verse (above)

19And I said, ‘How I will set you among the children and give you a desirable land, an inheritance of beauty, the most beautiful of the nations!’ And I said, ‘You will call me My father, and you will not turn away from following me.’

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