Jeremiah 36:2

““Take for yourself a scroll of a book, and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you concerning Israel and concerning Judah and concerning all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah until this day.”

Jeremiah 36:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 36:2, word by word

“Takeקַחkach

take

To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.

Where else “kach” appears
a scrollמְגִלַּתmegilat

scroll

Scroll: a long strip of skin or papyrus, written and rolled up; this was the form of books.

Where else “megilat” appears
of a bookסֵפֶרsefer

book

A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.

Where else “sefer” appears
and writeכָתַבְתָּchatavta

write

To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.

Where else “chatavta” appears
the wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

Where else “devarim” appears
I have spoken to youדִּבַּרְתִּיdibarti

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

Where else “dibarti” appears
concerning Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

Where else “yisrael” appears
and concerning Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda

Judah

Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.

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the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

Where else “goyim” appears
from the dayיּוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

Where else “yom” appears
of Josiahיֹאשִׁיָּהוּyoshiyahu

Josiah

Josiah: a name that, according to the lexicon, means "founded by Yah." He is the king of Judah announced by name in 1 Kings 13:2, who reigned about three hundred years later (2 Kings 22–23); a man in Zechariah 6:10 is also called this.

Where else “yoshiyahu” appears

The context

1And it happened in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from YHWH, saying,

2 · This verse (above)

3Perhaps the house of Judah will hear all the evil that I am planning to do to them, so that they may turn back, each one from his evil way, and I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.”

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