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AndוָI wrote itאֶכְתֹּבin the deedבַּסֵּפֶרandוָsealed it,אֶחְתֹּםand hadוָwitnessesעֵדִיםtestify,אָעֵדand weighedוָאֶשְׁקֹלthe silverהַכֶּסֶףon the scales.בְּמֹאזְנָיִם
Jeremiah 32:10
Study it in the app“And I wrote it in the deed and sealed it, and had witnesses testify, and weighed the silver on the scales.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 32:10, word by word
- I wrote itאֶכְתֹּבechtov
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “echtov” appears- in the deedסֵּפֶרsefer
deed
An official paper, like one granting divorce.
Where else “sefer” appears- sealed itאֶחְתֹּםechtom
seal, stop up
Seal, close up. Of the body, be blocked so that a discharge does not come out.
Where else “echtom” appears- witnessesעֵדִיםedim
witness
Someone who vouches for what he saw; YHWH is one too.
Where else “edim” appears- testifyאָעֵדaed
testify
To declare what one knows, or summon others to vouch for one's words.
Where else “aed” appears- and weighedאֶשְׁקֹלeshkol
weigh
Weigh; pay by weighing out silver.
Where else “eshkol” appears- the silverכֶּסֶףkesef
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kesef” appears- on the scalesמֹאזְנָיִםmoznayim
scales
A pair of scales.
Where else “moznayim” appears
The context
9And I bought the field from Hanamel my uncle's son that was in Anathoth, and I weighed out to him the silver, seventeen shekels of silver.
10 · This verse (above)
11And I took the deed of purchase, the sealed one, the terms and the statutes, and the open one;