Jeremiah 35:8

“And we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us, not to drink wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, and our daughters,”

Jeremiah 35:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 35:8, word by word

And we have obeyedנִּשְׁמַעnishma

obey

To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.

Where else “nishma” appears
the voiceקוֹלkol

voice

What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.

Where else “kol” 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
our fatherאָבִיavi

father

The man who begets a child and heads his household.

Where else “avi” appears
he commanded usצִוָּtsiva

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
our daysיָמֵיyame

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

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our wivesנָשֵׁיnashe

wife

Literally "his woman": the one married to him.

Where else “nashe” appears
and our daughtersבְנֹתֵיvenote

daughter

A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.

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The context

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.’

8 · This verse (above)

9and not to build houses to live in; and vineyard or field or seed we do not have;

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