And Iוְאָנֹכִיsaid,אָמַרְתִּי‘HowאֵיךְI will set youאֲשִׁיתֵךְamong the childrenבַּבָּנִיםand give youוְאֶתֶּן לָךְa desirableחֶמְדָּהland,אֶרֶץan inheritanceנַחֲלַתof beauty,צְבִיthe most beautifulצִבְאוֹתof the nations!’גּוֹיִםAnd I said,וָאֹמַר‘You will call meתִּקְרְאִי לִיMy father,אָבִיand you will notלֹאturn awayתָשׁוּבִיfrom following me.’וּמֵאַחֲרַי
Jeremiah 3:19
Study it in the app“And 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.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 3:19, word by word
- saidאָמַרְתִּיamarti
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarti” appears- I will set youאֲשִׁיתֵashite
put
To station something somewhere; sow enmity.
Where else “ashite” appears- among the childrenבָּנִיםbanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appears- and give youאֶתֶּןeten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “eten” appears- a desirableחֶמְדָּהchemda
precious
Something of great value.
Where else “chemda” appears- landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- an inheritanceנַחֲלַתnachalat
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalat” appears- of beautyצְבִיtsevi
splendor
What gives splendor: "the glorious land".
Where else “tsevi” appears- the most beautifulצִבְאוֹתtsivot
General meaning: Army, host; YHWH Tsevaot.
Where else “tsivot” appears- of the nations!’גּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- ‘You will call meתִּקְרְאִיtikri
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “tikri” appears- My fatherאָבִavi
Father
God, Father of his people.
Where else “avi” appears- turn awayתָשׁוּבִיtashuvi
turn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “tashuvi” appears
The context
18In 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.
19 · This verse (above)
20Surely, as a woman betrays her companion, so you have betrayed me, house of Israel, declares YHWH.