Jeremiah 7:6

“if you do not oppress the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, and do not walk after other gods to your own harm,”

Jeremiah 7:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 7:6, word by word

oppressתַעֲשֹׁקוּtaashoku

oppress, defraud

Oppress, defraud: take advantage of someone by taking what is his; crush.

Where else “taashoku” appears
the resident alienגֵּרger

resident alien

Foreigner who lives in a land that is not his own, without the rights of those who belong to the place.

Where else “ger” appears
the fatherlessיָתוֹםyatom

fatherless

Orphan; above all one who has lost his father.

Where else “yatom” appears
and the widowאַלְמָנָהalmana

widow

Widow.

Where else “almana” appears
shedתִּשְׁפְּכוּtishpchu

spill

To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.

Where else “tishpchu” appears
innocentנָקִיnaki

innocent

Without guilt: blood of one who did no wrong.

Where else “naki” appears
bloodדָםdam

bloodguilt

A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.

Where else “dam” appears
in this placeמָּקוֹםmakom

place

A place, a spot.

Where else “makom” appears
walkתֵלְכוּtelchu

walk

To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.

Where else “telchu” appears
other godsאֱלֹהִיםelohim

gods

The gods of other peoples.

Where else “elohim” appears
other godsאֲחֵרִיםacherim

other

Other, another; next.

Where else “acherim” appears
to your own harmרַעra

harm

Something that hurts, a disaster.

Where else “ra” appears

The context

5For if you truly make good your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a man and his neighbor,

6 · This verse (above)

7then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers from of old and forever.

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