Jeremiah 35:9

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

Jeremiah 35:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 35:9, word by word

to buildבְּנוֹתbenot

build

To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.

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housesבָּתִּיםbatim

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

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to live inשִׁבְתֵּshivte

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

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and vineyardכֶרֶםcherem

vineyard

Vineyard.

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or fieldשָׂדֶהsade

farmland

Land that is farmed.

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or seedזֶרַעzera

seed

What is sown to sprout: grains and seeds of plants.

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haveיִהְיֶהyihye

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

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The context

8And 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,

9 · This verse (above)

10but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

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