The wordsאֶת דִּבְרֵיof Jonadabיְהוֹנָדָבsonבֶּןof Rechabרֵכָבhave been carried out,הוּקַםwhichאֲשֶׁרhe commandedצִוָּהhis sons,אֶת בָּנָיוnotלְבִלְתִּיto drinkשְׁתוֹתwine;יַיִןand they have notוְלֹאdrunkשָׁתוּto this day,עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּהforכִּיthey have obeyedשָׁמְעוּthe commandmentאֵת מִצְוַתof their father.אֲבִיהֶםBut Iוְאָנֹכִיhave spokenדִּבַּרְתִּיto you,אֲלֵיכֶםrising earlyהַשְׁכֵּםand speaking,וְדַבֵּרand you have notוְלֹאlistenedשְׁמַעְתֶּםto me.אֵלָי
Jeremiah 35:14
Study it in the app“The words of Jonadab son of Rechab have been carried out, which he commanded his sons, not to drink wine; and they have not drunk to this day, for they have obeyed the commandment of their father. But I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking, and you have not listened to me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 35:14, word by word
- The wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- of Jonadabיְהוֹנָדָבyehonadav
Jonadab
Jonadab: the long form ("Jehonadab") of the same name as יוֹנָדָב; this translation writes both alike. It means "YHWH is generous".
Where else “yehonadav” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Rechabרֵכָבrechav
Rechab
Rechab, the name of several men; among them the one who, with his brother Baanah, killed Ish-bosheth (2 Samuel 4), and the ancestor of the Rechabites (Jeremiah 35).
Where else “rechav” appears- have been carried outהוּקַםhukam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “hukam” appears- he commandedצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears- to drinkשְׁתוֹתshetot
drink
Drink.
Where else “shetot” appears- wineיַיִןyayin
wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appears- to this dayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- they have obeyedשָׁמְעוּshamu
obey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “shamu” appears- the commandmentמִצְוַתmitsvat
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvat” appears- of their fatherאֲבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- have spokenדִּבַּרְתִּיdibarti
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarti” appears- rising earlyהַשְׁכֵּםhashkem
rise early
To get up early to do something.
Where else “hashkem” appears
The context
13“Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: Go and say to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Will you not receive correction by listening to my words? declares YHWH.
14 · This verse (above)
15And I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying, ‘Turn back, please, each one from his evil way, and make good your deeds, and do not go after other gods to serve them; and you will live on the land that I gave to you and to your fathers’; but you have not inclined your ear or listened to me.