And they have notוְלֹאsaidאָמְרוּin their heart,בִלְבָבָם“Let us fearנִירָאnowנָאYHWHאֶת יְהוָהour Elohim,אֱלֹהֵינוּwho givesהַנֹּתֵןrain,גֶּשֶׁםthe earlyיוֹרֶהand the late,וּמַלְקוֹשׁin its season,בְּעִתּוֹwho keepsיִשְׁמָרfor usלָנוּthe appointedחֻקּוֹתweeksשְׁבֻעוֹתof harvest.”קָצִיר
Jeremiah 5:24
Study it in the app“And they have not said in their heart, “Let us fear now YHWH our Elohim, who gives rain, the early and the late, in its season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 5:24, word by word
- saidאָמְרוּamru
think
To speak inwardly without saying it aloud; to think.
Where else “amru” appears- in their heartלְבָבָlevava
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levava” appears- “Let us fearנִירָאnira
revere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “nira” 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- our Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- who givesנֹּתֵןnoten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “noten” appears- rainגֶּשֶׁםgeshem
heavy rain
Heavy rain, downpour.
Where else “geshem” appears- the earlyיוֹרֶהyore
early rain
Early rain: the autumn rain that softens the ground for sowing.
Where else “yore” appears- and the lateמַלְקוֹשׁmalkosh
late rain
Late rain: the spring rain that ripens the grain.
Where else “malkosh” appears- in its seasonעִתּit
season
The right moment or the part of the year when something is due.
Where else “it” appears- who keepsיִשְׁמָרyishmar
preserve
To keep something, or watch and wait.
Where else “yishmar” appears- the appointedחֻקּוֹתchukot
statute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukot” appears- weeksשְׁבֻעוֹתshevuot
week
Week: a period of seven days, or of seven years. At a wedding, the seven days of the feast.
Where else “shevuot” appears- of harvestקָצִירkatsir
harvest
To cut and gather ripe grain and fruit; the season for it and what is gathered.
Where else “katsir” appears
The context
23But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart; they have turned aside and gone away.
24 · This verse (above)
25Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good from you.