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And they healוַיְרַפּוּthe breakingאֶת שֶׁבֶרof the daughterבַּתof my peopleעַמִּיlightly,עַל נְקַלָּהsaying,לֵאמֹר‘Peace,שָׁלוֹםpeace,’שָׁלוֹםwhen there is noוְאֵיןpeace.שָׁלוֹם
Jeremiah 8:11
Study it in the app“And they heal the breaking of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 8:11, word by word
- And they healיְרַפּוּyerapu
heal
To heal a sick person, a wound or a people.
Where else “yerapu” appears- the breakingשֶׁבֶרshever
ruin
The downfall of a people or someone.
Where else “shever” appears- of the daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- of my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- lightlyנְקַלָּהnekala
despise
To count something or someone as little, as a thing without weight.
Where else “nekala” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- ‘Peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears
The context
10Therefore I will give their wives to others, their fields to new possessors; for from the least even to the greatest, everyone is greedy for gain; from prophet even to priest, everyone practices falsehood.
11 · This verse (above)
12Were they ashamed because they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, and to blush they did not know. Therefore they will fall among those who fall; at the time of their punishment they will stumble, says YHWH.