Jeremiah 7:30

“For the sons of Judah have done what is evil in my eyes, declares YHWH; they have set their detestable things in the house over which my name is called, to defile it.”

Jeremiah 7:30 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 7:30, word by word

the sonsבְנֵיvene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

Where else “vene” appears
of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda

Judah

Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.

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have doneעָשׂוּasu

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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what is evilרַעra

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

Where else “ra” appears
in my eyesעֵינַena

sight

"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.

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declaresנְאֻוםneuvm

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

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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.

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they have setשָׂמוּsamu

put

To put something somewhere.

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their detestable thingsשִׁקּוּצֵיshikutse

detestable thing

Detestable thing: what is disgusting; said above all of idols.

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in the houseבַּיִתbayit

temple

The temple: "the house of YHWH".

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my nameשְׁמִshemi

name

The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.

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is calledנִקְרָאnikra

name

To give someone a name.

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to defile itטַמְּאtam

defile

To make someone or something unclean.

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The context

29Cut off your hair and throw it away, and raise on the bare heights a lament, for YHWH has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

30 · This verse (above)

31And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of Ben-hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, and it did not come into my heart.

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