Concerning the sonsלִבְנֵיof Ammon.עַמּוֹןThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהAre there noהֲ אֵיןsonsבָנִיםfor Israel?לְיִשְׂרָאֵלOrאִםhas he noאֵין לוֹheir?יוֹרֵשׁWhyמַדּוּעַhas their kingמַלְכָּםtaken possessionיָרַשׁof Gad,אֶת גָּדand his peopleוְעַמּוֹsettledיָשָׁבin his cities?בְּעָרָיו
Jeremiah 49:1
Study it in the app“Concerning the sons of Ammon. Thus says YHWH: Are there no sons for Israel? Or has he no heir? Why has their king taken possession of Gad, and his people settled in his cities?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 49:1, word by word
- Concerning the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Ammonעַמּוֹןamon
Ammon
See it on the mapWhere else “amon” appears- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- for 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- heirיוֹרֵשׁyoresh
inherit
To receive a land or goods as an inheritance, from fathers to sons.
Where else “yoresh” appears- Whyמַדּוּעַmadua
why?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appears- has their kingמַלְכָּmalka
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malka” appears- of Gadגָּדgad
Gad
Gad, (1) a son of Jacob and Zilpah, and the tribe that came from him with its land; (2) the prophet who was with David. The name means "good fortune".
Where else “gad” appears- and his peopleעַמּam
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appears- settledיָשָׁבyashav
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yashav” appears- in his citiesעָרָיaray
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “aray” appears
Translation note
“Their king” (malkam) is written with the same consonants as Milcom, the god of the Ammonites (1 Kings 11:5); it can be read “Milcom” here, and the same in 49:3.
Places in this verse
Ammon
Today: Amman (Rabbah) and surroundings, Jordan
The land east of the Jordan around Rabbah (present-day Amman, Jordan).
The Ammonites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:38). Jephthah defeated them (Judg 11:32-33) and David took their capital (2 Sam 12:26).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Therefore, look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when I will make heard against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon the shout of war; and it will become a mound of desolation, and her daughters will be burned with fire; and Israel will possess those who possessed him, says YHWH.