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And I setוָאֶתֵּןbeforeלִפְנֵיthe sonsבְּנֵיof the houseבֵיתof the Rechabitesהָרֵכָבִיםjarsגְּבִעִיםfullמְלֵאִיםof wine,יַיִןand cups,וְכֹסוֹתand I saidוָאֹמַרto them,אֲלֵיהֶם“Drinkשְׁתוּwine.”יָיִן
Jeremiah 35:5
Study it in the app“And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites jars full of wine, and cups, and I said to them, “Drink wine.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 35:5, word by word
- And I setאֶתֵּןeten
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “eten” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of the houseבֵיתvet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “vet” appears- of the Rechabitesרֵכָבִיםrechavim
Recah
Recah: a place of Judah that is not known.
Where else “rechavim” appears- jarsגְּבִעִיםgeviim
cup, bowl
Large cup, goblet. On the lampstand of the sanctuary, the cups shaped like flowers.
Where else “geviim” appears- fullמְלֵאִיםmeleim
full
Full, complete. "Full silver" is the full price.
Where else “meleim” appears- of wineיַיִןyayin
wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appears- and cupsכֹסוֹתchosot
cup
A drinking vessel; also the lot that falls to each one to drink, good or bad.
Where else “chosot” appears- and I saidאֹמַרomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appears- “Drinkשְׁתוּshetu
drink
Drink.
Where else “shetu” appears
The context
4and I brought them into the house of YHWH, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, the man of Elohim, which was next to the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum, keeper of the threshold.
5 · This verse (above)
6But they said, “We will not drink wine, for Jonadab son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, ‘You shall not drink wine, you or your sons, forever;