Jeremiah 36:3

“Perhaps 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.””

Jeremiah 36:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 36:3, word by word

Perhapsאוּלַיulay

perhaps

Perhaps, maybe.

Where else “ulay” appears
the houseבֵּיתbet

dynasty

Someone's descendants: "the house of David".

Where else “bet” appears
of 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.

Where else “yehuda” appears
will hearיִשְׁמְעוּyishmu

hear

To hear a sound, or learn of something.

Where else “yishmu” appears
the evilרָעָהraa

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

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am planningחֹשֵׁבchoshev

devise

To devise a plan or a design, good or bad.

Where else “choshev” appears
to doעֲשׂוֹתasot

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “asot” appears
they may turn backיָשׁוּבוּyashuvu

turn back

To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.

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each oneאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

Where else “ish” appears
wayדַּרְכּdark

manner

The way one lives and acts.

Where else “dark” appears
and I will forgiveסָלַחְתִּיsalachti

forgive

Forgive, pardon. In the Bible this verb has only God as its subject.

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their iniquityעֲוֺנָavona

iniquity

A serious wrong.

Where else “avona” appears
and their sinחַטָּאתָchatata

sin

Failing God, not doing what he asks.

Where else “chatata” appears

The context

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.

3 · This verse (above)

4And Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of YHWH that he had spoken to him on a scroll of a book.

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