And Hanamelחֲנַמְאֵלmy uncle'sדֹּדִיsonבֶּןcameוַיָּבֹאto meאֵלַיaccording to the wordכִּדְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהto the courtאֶל חֲצַרof the guard,הַמַּטָּרָהand said to me,וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי‘Buy,קְנֵהplease,נָאmy fieldאֶת שָׂדִיthat isאֲשֶׁרin Anathoth,בַּעֲנָתוֹתwhich isאֲשֶׁרin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Benjamin,בִּנְיָמִיןforכִּיthe rightמִשְׁפַּטof possessionהַיְרֻשָּׁהis yours,לְךָand the redemption is yours;וּלְךָ הַגְּאֻלָּהbuy itקְנֵהfor yourself.’לָךְThen I knewוָאֵדַעthatכִּיit wasהוּאthe wordדְבַרof YHWH.יְהוָה
Jeremiah 32:8
Study it in the app“And Hanamel my uncle's son came to me according to the word of YHWH to the court of the guard, and said to me, ‘Buy, please, my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin, for the right of possession is yours, and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that it was the word of YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 32:8, word by word
- And Hanamelחֲנַמְאֵלchanamel
Hanamel
Hanamel: Jeremiah's cousin, from whom Jeremiah bought a field in Anathoth.
Where else “chanamel” appears- my uncle'sדֹּדִdodi
uncle
An uncle, or a relative.
Where else “dodi” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- according to the wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- to the courtחֲצַרchatsar
court
An enclosed open space, like the temple's.
Where else “chatsar” appears- of the guardמַּטָּרָהmatara
guard
The court of the guard, an enclosure of the palace where someone was kept prisoner.
Where else “matara” appears- and said to meיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- ‘Buyקְנֵהkene
buy
To give silver in order to become the owner of something.
Where else “kene” appears- my fieldשָׂדִsadi
farmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sadi” appears- in Anathothעֲנָתוֹתanatot
Anathoth
See it on the mapWhere else “anatot” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Benjaminבִּנְיָמִיןbinyamin
Benjamin
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name means "son of the right hand".
Where else “binyamin” appears- the rightמִשְׁפַּטmishpat
right
What is due someone: what the orphan should receive.
Where else “mishpat” appears- of possessionיְרֻשָּׁהyerusha
possession
Possession: land that is taken and becomes one's own; also what is received from one's fathers.
Where else “yerusha” appears- and the redemption is yoursגְּאֻלָּהgeula
right of redemption
The right to buy back land or a person.
Where else “geula” appears- Then I knewאֵדַעeda
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “eda” appears
Places in this verse
Anathoth
Today: Anata and Ras al-Kharrubeh, West Bank
A town in Benjamin, about 3 miles (5 km) northeast of Jerusalem.
It was a city of priests (Josh 21:18). Jeremiah came from there (Jer 1:1).
The context
7‘Look, Hanamel son of Shallum your uncle is coming to you, saying, “Buy for yourself my field that is in Anathoth, for the right of redemption to buy it is yours.”’
8 · This verse (above)
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.