And we have obeyedוַנִּשְׁמַעthe voiceבְּקוֹלof Jonadabיְהוֹנָדָבsonבֶּןof Rechab,רֵכָבour father,אָבִינוּin allלְכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרhe commanded us,צִוָּנוּnotלְבִלְתִּיto drinkשְׁתוֹתwineיַיִןallכָּלour days,יָמֵינוּwe,אֲנַחְנוּour wives,נָשֵׁינוּour sons,בָּנֵינוּand our daughters,וּבְנֹתֵינוּ
Jeremiah 35:8
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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.
Where else “yame” appears- 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.
Where else “venote” appears
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;