saying,לֵאמֹר‘No,לֹאbutכִּיto the landאֶרֶץof Egyptמִצְרַיִםwe will go,נָבוֹאwhereאֲשֶׁרwe will notלֹאseeנִרְאֶהwar,מִלְחָמָהand the soundוְקוֹלof the hornשׁוֹפָרwe will notלֹאhear,נִשְׁמָעand for breadוְלַלֶּחֶםwe will notלֹאbe hungry,נִרְעָבand thereוְשָׁםwe will stay’;נֵשֵׁב
Jeremiah 42:14
Study it in the app“saying, ‘No, but to the land of Egypt we will go, where we will not see war, and the sound of the horn we will not hear, and for bread we will not be hungry, and there we will stay’;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 42:14, word by word
- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- to the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- we will goנָבוֹאnavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “navo” appears- seeנִרְאֶהnire
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “nire” appears- warמִלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears- and the soundקוֹלkol
sound
What is heard: a noise, a sound or a din.
Where else “kol” appears- of the hornשׁוֹפָרshofar
horn (shofar)
Shofar: a ram's horn blown like a trumpet.
Where else “shofar” appears- hearנִשְׁמָעnishma
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “nishma” appears- and for breadלֶּחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- be hungryנִרְעָבnirav
be hungry
Be hungry.
Where else “nirav” appears- we will stay’נֵשֵׁבneshev
stay
To remain in a place.
Where else “neshev” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
13But if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ so as not to listen to the voice of YHWH your Elohim,
14 · This verse (above)
15now, therefore, hear the word of YHWH, remnant of Judah: Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: If you really set your faces to go to Egypt, and go to reside as aliens there,