Jeremiah 43:9

““Take in your hand large stones, and hide them in the mortar, in the brickwork that is at the entrance of the house of Pharaoh in Tahpanhes, before the eyes of Jewish men;”

Jeremiah 43:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 43:9, word by word

“Takeקַחkach

take

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

Where else “kach” appears
in your handיָדְyad

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

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largeגְּדֹלוֹתgedolot

great

Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.

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stonesאֲבָנִיםavanim

stone

A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.

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and hide themטְמַנְתָּtemanta

hide, bury

Hide by burying in the ground.

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in the mortarמֶּלֶטmelet

clay, mortar

Mortar, a mixture for joining bricks or stones.

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in the brickworkמַּלְבֵּןmalben

brickwork

A pavement of fired bricks in front of a house's entrance.

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is at the entranceפֶתַחfetach

entrance, door

Entrance, doorway, door, opening.

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of the houseבֵּיתbet

house

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

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of Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo

Pharaoh

Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.

Where else “paro” appears
in Tahpanhesתַחְפַּנְחֵסtachpanches

Tahpanhes

Tahpanhes: a city of Egypt, near its eastern border, where the Judeans who fled with Jeremiah settled.

Where else “tachpanches” appears
before the eyesעֵינֵיene

eye

The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.

Where else “ene” appears
of Jewishיְהוּדִיםyehudim

Jew, Judean

Jew: a person of Judah, first of the kingdom of Judah and then, in general, of the people descended from it. Its first appearance is 2 Kings 16:6, where it names the men of Judah who lived in Elath. It is frequent in Jeremiah, Nehemiah and Esther.

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menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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The context

8And the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,

9 · This verse (above)

10and say to them, ‘Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: Look, I am sending, and I will take Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, my servant, and I will set his throne above these stones that I have hidden; and he will spread his canopy over them.

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