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And I tookוָאֶקַּחthe deedאֶת סֵפֶרof purchase,הַמִּקְנָהthe sealed one,אֶת הֶחָתוּםthe termsהַמִּצְוָהand the statutes,וְהַחֻקִּיםand the open one;וְאֶת הַגָּלוּי
Jeremiah 32:11
Study it in the app“And I took the deed of purchase, the sealed one, the terms and the statutes, and the open one;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 32:11, word by word
- And I tookאֶקַּחekach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “ekach” appears- the deedסֵפֶרsefer
deed
An official paper, like one granting divorce.
Where else “sefer” appears- of purchaseמִּקְנָהmikna
purchase
What is bought: an acquisition made with silver.
Where else “mikna” appears- the sealed oneחָתוּםchatum
seal, stop up
Seal, close up. Of the body, be blocked so that a discharge does not come out.
Where else “chatum” appears- the termsמִּצְוָהmitsva
order
An order given by a person with authority, such as the king.
Where else “mitsva” appears- and the statutesחֻקִּיםchukim
statute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chukim” appears- and the open oneגָּלוּיgaluy
uncover
To remove what covers, leaving something in view.
Where else “galuy” appears
Translation note
“The terms and the statutes”: it can be understood as the conditions of the purchase, written in the sealed copy.
The context
10And I wrote it in the deed and sealed it, and had witnesses testify, and weighed the silver on the scales.
11 · This verse (above)
12and I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, before the eyes of Hanamel my uncle, and before the eyes of the witnesses who had written in the deed of purchase, before the eyes of all the Jews who were sitting in the court of the guard.