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In those daysבַּיָּמִים הָהֵםthey will noלֹאlongerעוֹדsay,יֹאמְרוּ‘The fathersאָבוֹתhave eatenאָכְלוּsour grapes,בֹסֶרand the teethוְשִׁנֵּיof the childrenבָנִיםare set on edge.’תִּקְהֶינָה
Jeremiah 31:29
Study it in the app“In those days they will no longer say, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 31:29, 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- sayיֹאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- ‘The fathersאָבוֹתavot
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avot” appears- have eatenאָכְלוּachlu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achlu” appears- sour grapesבֹסֶרvoser
unripe grape
An unripe or sour grape.
Where else “voser” appears- and the teethשִׁנֵּיshine
tooth
The hard piece in the mouth used to bite and chew.
Where else “shine” appears- of the childrenבָנִיםvanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanim” appears- are set on edge.’תִּקְהֶינָהtikhena
set on edge
Teeth feeling rough from something sour.
Where else “tikhena” appears
Translation note
The same proverb in Ezekiel 18:2.
The context
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.
29 · This verse (above)
30But each one for his own iniquity will die; every human being who eats the sour grapes, his teeth will be set on edge.