Study it in the app“But 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;”
But they said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“We will notלֹאdrinkנִשְׁתֶּהwine,יָּיִןforכִּיJonadabיוֹנָדָבsonבֶּןof Rechab,רֵכָבour father,אָבִינוּcommanded us,צִוָּה עָלֵינוּsaying,לֵאמֹר‘You shall notלֹאdrinkתִשְׁתּוּwine,יַיִןyouאַתֶּםor your sons,וּבְנֵיכֶםforever;עַד עוֹלָם
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsdrink
Drink.
Where else “nishte” appearswine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appearsJonadab
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” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsRechab
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” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appearsforever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears5And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites jars full of wine, and cups, and I said to them, “Drink wine.”
6 · This verse (above)
7and a house you shall not build, and seed you shall not sow, and a vineyard you shall not plant, nor have any, but in tents you shall live all your days, so that you may live many days on the face of the land where you reside as aliens.’
