Jeremiah 3:19

“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.’”

Jeremiah 3:19 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 3:19, word by word

saidאָמַרְתִּיamarti

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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I will set youאֲשִׁיתֵashite

put

To station something somewhere; sow enmity.

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among the childrenבָּנִיםbanim

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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and give youאֶתֶּןeten

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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a desirableחֶמְדָּהchemda

precious

Something of great value.

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landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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an inheritanceנַחֲלַתnachalat

inheritance

Land or goods passed from parents to children.

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of beautyצְבִיtsevi

splendor

What gives splendor: "the glorious land".

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the most beautifulצִבְאוֹתtsivot

General meaning: Army, host; YHWH Tsevaot.

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of the nations!’גּוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

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‘You will call meתִּקְרְאִיtikri

name

To give someone a name.

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My fatherאָבִavi

Father

God, Father of his people.

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turn awayתָשׁוּבִיtashuvi

turn back

To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.

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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.

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