Study it in the app“With weeping they will come, and with supplications I will lead them; I will make them walk by streams of water, on a straight road on which they will not stumble; for I have become to Israel a father, and Ephraim is my firstborn.”
With weepingבִּבְכִיthey will come,יָבֹאוּand with supplicationsוּבְתַחֲנוּנִיםI will lead them;אוֹבִילֵםI will make them walkאוֹלִיכֵםby streamsאֶל נַחֲלֵיof water,מַיִםon a straightיָשָׁרroadבְּדֶרֶךְon whichבָּהּthey will notלֹאstumble;יִכָּשְׁלוּforכִּיI have becomeהָיִיתִיto Israelלְיִשְׂרָאֵלa father,לְאָבand Ephraimוְאֶפְרַיִםisהוּאmy firstborn.בְּכֹרִי
weeping
Weeping.
Where else “vechi” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appearssupplication
Supplication: a plea that asks for favor or mercy. It belongs to the same family as "show favor."
Where else “tachanunim” appearsbring, lead
To bring, to lead; sometimes in a procession, with solemnity.
Where else “ovile” appearslead
To lead someone to another place, or to bring him along.
Where else “oliche” appearstorrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachale” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearsstraight
Without bends or lean, like a straight road or a straight foot.
Where else “yashar” appearsmanner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “derech” appearsstumble
To lose one's balance while walking until one falls.
Where else “yikashlu” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayiti” appearsIsrael
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.
Where else “yisrael” appearsFather
God, Father of his people.
Where else “av” appearsEphraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appearsfirstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “bechori” appears8Look, I am bringing them from the land of the north, and I will gather them from the far ends of the earth; among them the blind and the lame, the pregnant woman and the one giving birth together; a great assembly will return here.
9 · This verse (above)
10Hear the word of YHWH, nations, and declare it in the coastlands far away, and say: ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, and he will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.’
