Then allכָּלthe menהָאֲנָשִׁיםwho knewהַיֹּדְעִיםthatכִּיtheir wivesנְשֵׁיהֶםwere burning incenseמְקַטְּרוֹתto other gods,לֵאלֹהִים אֲחֵרִיםand allוְכָלthe womenהַנָּשִׁיםwho stood by,הָעֹמְדוֹתa greatגָּדוֹלassembly,קָהָלand allוְכָלthe peopleהָעָםwho livedהַיֹּשְׁבִיםin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםin Pathros,בְּפַתְרוֹסansweredוַיַּעֲנוּJeremiah,אֶת יִרְמְיָהוּsaying,לֵאמֹר
Jeremiah 44:15
Study it in the app“Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, and all the people who lived in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 44:15, word by word
- the menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- who knewיֹּדְעִיםyodim
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yodim” appears- their wivesנְשֵׁיneshe
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “neshe” appears- were burning incenseמְקַטְּרוֹתmekatrot
burn incense
To offer fragrant smoke to YHWH or other gods.
Where else “mekatrot” appears- to other godsאלֹהִיםlohim
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “lohim” appears- to other godsאֲחֵרִיםacherim
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acherim” appears- who stood byעֹמְדוֹתomdot
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “omdot” appears- a greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- assemblyקָהָלkahal
crowd
A great crowd gathered, especially for war.
Where else “kahal” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- who livedיֹּשְׁבִיםyoshvim
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshvim” appears- in 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- in Pathrosפַתְרוֹסfatros
Pathros
Pathros: Upper Egypt, the southern part of the country.
Where else “fatros” appears- answeredיַּעֲנוּyaanu
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaanu” appears- Jeremiahיִרְמְיָהוּyirmyahu
Jeremiah
Jeremiah: a name meaning "YHWH raises up" or "YHWH exalts," borne by several men: best known is the prophet, son of Hilkiah, from Anathoth (Jeremiah 1:1); in 2 Kings 23:31 and 24:18 another Jeremiah, of Libnah, grandfather of two kings.
Where else “yirmyahu” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” 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
14And there will be no fugitive or survivor of the remnant of Judah who have come to reside as aliens there, in the land of Egypt, to return to the land of Judah, where they lift up their soul to return to live there; for they will not return, except some escaped ones.”
15 · This verse (above)
16“The word that you have spoken to us in the name of YHWH, we are not listening to you.