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but we have livedוַנֵּשֶׁבin tents,בָּאֳהָלִיםand have obeyedוַנִּשְׁמַעand doneוַנַּעַשׂaccording to allכְּכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרJonadabיוֹנָדָבour fatherאָבִינוּcommanded us.צִוָּנוּ
Jeremiah 35:10
Study it in the app“but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 35:10, word by word
- but we have livedנֵּשֶׁבneshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “neshev” appears- in tentsאֳהָלִיםohalim
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ohalim” appears- and have obeyedנִּשְׁמַעnishma
obey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “nishma” appears- and doneנַּעַשׂnaas
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “naas” appears- Jonadabיוֹנָדָבyonadav
Jonadab
Jonadab, the name of two men: David's nephew, companion of Amnon (2 Samuel 13:3), and the son of Rechab, ancestor of the Rechabites (Jeremiah 35:6). It means "YHWH is generous".
Where else “yonadav” appears- our fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- commanded usצִוָּtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears
The context
9and not to build houses to live in; and vineyard or field or seed we do not have;
10 · This verse (above)
11But it happened, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against the land, that we said, ‘Come, and let us go to Jerusalem, because of the army of the Chaldeans and because of the army of Aram’; so we have lived in Jerusalem.”