if you do notלֹאoppressתַעֲשֹׁקוּthe resident alien,גֵּרthe fatherless,יָתוֹםand the widow,וְאַלְמָנָהand do notאַלshedתִּשְׁפְּכוּinnocentנָקִיbloodוְדָםin this place,בַּמָּקוֹם הַזֶּהand do notלֹאwalkתֵלְכוּafterוְאַחֲרֵיother godsאֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִיםto your own harm,לְרַע לָכֶם
Jeremiah 7:6
Study it in the app“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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.