Jeremiah 31:27

““Look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of human beings and the seed of livestock.”

Jeremiah 31:27 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 31:27, word by word

daysיָמִיםyamim

time

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

Where else “yamim” appears
are comingבָּאִיםbaim

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “baim” appears
declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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when I will sowזָרַעְתִּיzarati

sow

To put seed in the ground.

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the houseבֵּיתbet

dynasty

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

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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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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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with the seedזֶרַעzera

seed

What is sown to sprout: grains and seeds of plants.

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of human beingsאָדָםadam

human being

All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.

Where else “adam” appears
of livestockבְּהֵמָהbehema

beast

Animals in general.

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The context

26At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was sweet to me.

27 · This verse (above)

28And it will happen that as I have watched over them to uproot and to tear down, to demolish and to destroy and to bring harm, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, declares YHWH.

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