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Forכִּיthe sonsבְּנֵיof Jonadabיְהוֹנָדָבsonבֶּןof Rechabרֵכָבhave carried outהֵקִימוּthe commandmentאֶת מִצְוַתthatאֲשֶׁרtheir fatherאֲבִיהֶםcommanded them,צִוָּםbut this peopleוְהָעָם הַזֶּהhas notלֹאlistenedשָׁמְעוּto me.אֵלָי
Jeremiah 35:16
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Jeremiah 35:16, word by word
- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” 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- 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 carried outהֵקִימוּhekimu
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “hekimu” appears- the commandmentמִצְוַתmitsvat
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvat” appears- their fatherאֲבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- commanded themצִוָּtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears- but this peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- listenedשָׁמְעוּshamu
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shamu” appears
The context
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.
16 · This verse (above)
17Therefore thus says YHWH, the Elohim Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: Look, I am bringing on Judah and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have spoken against them, because I spoke to them and they did not listen, and I called to them and they did not answer.”