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Will you steal,הֲגָנֹבmurder,רָצֹחַand commit adultery,וְנָאֹףand swearוְהִשָּׁבֵעַfalsely,לַשֶּׁקֶרand burn incenseוְקַטֵּרto Baal,לַבָּעַלand walkוְהָלֹךְafterאַחֲרֵיother godsאֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִיםthatאֲשֶׁרyou have notלֹאknown,יְדַעְתֶּם
Jeremiah 7:9
Study it in the app“Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 7:9, word by word
- Will you stealגָנֹבganov
steal
To steal something, or kidnap someone.
Where else “ganov” appears- murderרָצֹחַratsoach
murder
To take someone's life unjustly.
Where else “ratsoach” appears- and commit adulteryנָאֹףnaof
commit adultery
To sleep with another's spouse.
Where else “naof” appears- and swearהִשָּׁבֵעַhishavea
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “hishavea” appears- falselyשֶּׁקֶרsheker
lie
What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.
Where else “sheker” appears- and burn incenseקַטֵּרkater
burn incense
To offer fragrant smoke to YHWH or other gods.
Where else “kater” appears- to Baalבָּעַלbaal
Baal
Baal: the god of the Canaanites, to whom they attributed the rain and the harvests. The word means "lord, owner." The Bible names him as a foreign god whom Israel was not to serve.
Where else “baal” appears- and walkהָלֹךְhaloch
follow
"Go after" someone, follow them.
Where else “haloch” appears- other godsאֱלֹהִיםelohim
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohim” appears- other godsאֲחֵרִיםacherim
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acherim” appears- knownיְדַעְתֶּםyedatem
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yedatem” appears
Translation note
“Steal, murder, and commit adultery” are three of the commandments of Exodus 20:13-15 (there in this order: murder, commit adultery, steal).
The context
8Look, you are trusting in words of falsehood that do not profit.
9 · This verse (above)
10and come and stand before me in this house, over which my name is called, and say, “We are delivered!” so that you may do all these abominations?