Roamשׁוֹטְטוּthrough the streetsבְּחוּצוֹתof Jerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִַםand look,וּרְאוּplease,נָאand know,וּדְעוּand searchוּבַקְשׁוּin its squares,בִרְחוֹבוֹתֶיהָifאִםyou can findתִּמְצְאוּa man,אִישׁifאִםthere isיֵשׁone who doesעֹשֶׂהjustice,מִשְׁפָּטwho seeksמְבַקֵּשׁfaithfulness,אֱמוּנָהand I will pardon her.וְאֶסְלַח לָהּ
Jeremiah 5:1
Study it in the app“Roam through the streets of Jerusalem, and look, please, and know, and search in its squares, if you can find a man, if there is one who does justice, who seeks faithfulness, and I will pardon her.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 5:1, word by word
- Roamשׁוֹטְטוּshottu
roam
To go back and forth over a place, looking it over or searching for something.
Where else “shottu” appears- through the streetsחוּצוֹתchutsot
street
The ways and squares between the houses, where people go about.
Where else “chutsot” appears- of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- and lookרְאוּreu
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reu” appears- and knowדְעוּdeu
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “deu” appears- and searchבַקְשׁוּvakshu
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “vakshu” appears- in its squaresרְחוֹבוֹתֶיrechovote
square
Square: the open space of a town.
Where else “rechovote” appears- you can findתִּמְצְאוּtimtsu
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “timtsu” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- one who doesעֹשֶׂהose
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “ose” appears- justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears- faithfulnessאֱמוּנָהemuna
faithfulness
Being dependable, always keeping one's word, like YHWH.
Where else “emuna” appears- and I will pardon herאֶסְלַחeslach
forgive
Forgive, pardon. In the Bible this verb has only God as its subject.
Where else “eslach” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And though they say, ‘As YHWH lives,’ even so they swear falsely.