27
“As an assayerבָּחוֹןI have set youנְתַתִּיךָamong my people,בְעַמִּיa fortress,מִבְצָרthat you may knowוְתֵדַעand assayוּבָחַנְתָּtheir way.אֶת דַּרְכָּם
Jeremiah 6:27
Study it in the app““As an assayer I have set you among my people, a fortress, that you may know and assay their way.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 6:27, word by word
- “As an assayerבָּחוֹןbachon
assayer
Assayer: one who tests metals in the fire to learn how pure they are.
Where else “bachon” appears- I have set youנְתַתִּיnetati
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “netati” appears- among my peopleעַמִּami
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “ami” appears- a fortressמִבְצָרmivtsar
fortress, fortified city
Fortress, fortified city.
Where else “mivtsar” appears- that you may knowתֵדַעteda
know a person
To know someone.
Where else “teda” appears- and assayבָחַנְתָּvachanta
test, examine
Test, examine to find out whether something is true or genuine, as metal is tested.
Where else “vachanta” appears- their wayדַּרְכָּdarka
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “darka” appears
Translation note
The assayer tests metal in the fire (6:29-30). The word translated “fortress” is obscure in this place.
The context
26Daughter of my people, gird yourself with sackcloth, and roll in ashes; make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
27 · This verse (above)
28All of them are rebels among the stubborn, going about slandering; bronze and iron, all of them are corrupters.