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They will askיִשְׁאָלוּabout Zion,צִיּוֹןabout the way,דֶּרֶךְwith their facesפְנֵיהֶםset this way:הֵנָּה“Come,בֹּאוּand join yourselvesוְנִלְווּto YHWHאֶל יְהוָהin an eternalעוֹלָםcovenantבְּרִיתthat will notלֹאbe forgotten.”תִשָּׁכֵחַ
Jeremiah 50:5
Study it in the app“They will ask about Zion, about the way, with their faces set this way: “Come, and join yourselves to YHWH in an eternal covenant that will not be forgotten.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 50:5, word by word
- They will askיִשְׁאָלוּyishalu
ask
To ask a question.
Where else “yishalu” appears- about Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears- about the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- with their facesפְנֵיfene
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fene” appears- “Comeבֹּאוּbou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bou” appears- and join yourselvesנִלְווּnilvu
join
To join oneself to someone and be bound to him.
Where else “nilvu” appears- to 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- in an eternalעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears- be forgottenתִשָּׁכֵחַtishacheach
forget
Forget.
Where else “tishacheach” appears
Places in this verse
Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
The context
4In those days and in that time, declares YHWH, the sons of Israel will come, they and the sons of Judah together; going and weeping they will go, and YHWH their Elohim they will seek.
5 · This verse (above)
6My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, the mountains have made them wayward; from mountain to hill they have gone, they have forgotten their resting place.