Forכִּיthe sonsבְנֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהhave doneעָשׂוּwhat is evilהָרַעin my eyes,בְּעֵינַיdeclaresנְאֻוםYHWH;יְהוָהthey have setשָׂמוּtheir detestable thingsשִׁקּוּצֵיהֶםin the houseבַּבַּיִתover whichאֲשֶׁר עָלָיוmy nameשְׁמִיis called,נִקְרָאto defile it.לְטַמְּאוֹ
Jeremiah 7:30
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “yehuda” appears- have doneעָשׂוּasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appears- 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.
Where else “ena” appears- declaresנְאֻוםneuvm
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neuvm” 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- they have setשָׂמוּsamu
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samu” appears- their detestable thingsשִׁקּוּצֵיshikutse
detestable thing
Detestable thing: what is disgusting; said above all of idols.
Where else “shikutse” appears- in the houseבַּיִתbayit
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bayit” appears- my nameשְׁמִshemi
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shemi” appears- is calledנִקְרָאnikra
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “nikra” appears- to defile itטַמְּאtam
defile
To make someone or something unclean.
Where else “tam” appears
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.