Nowכִּיhear,שְׁמַעְנָהwomen,נָשִׁיםthe wordדְּבַרof YHWH,יְהוָהand let your earוְ אָזְנְכֶםreceiveתִקַּחthe wordדְּבַרof his mouth;פִּיוand teachוְלַמֵּדְנָהyour daughtersבְנוֹתֵיכֶםa wailing,נֶהִיand each womanוְאִשָּׁהher companionרְעוּתָהּa lament.קִינָה
Jeremiah 9:20
Study it in the app“Now hear, women, the word of YHWH, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; and teach your daughters a wailing, and each woman her companion a lament.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 9:20, word by word
- hearשְׁמַעְנָהshemana
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shemana” appears- womenנָשִׁיםnashim
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appears- the wordדְּבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of 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- and let your earאָזְנְazn
hearing
The ear that listens: "incline your ear".
Where else “azn” appears- receiveתִקַּחtikach
accept
To accept what someone gives, such as teaching or correction.
Where else “tikach” appears- of his mouthפִּיpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears- and teachלַמֵּדְנָהlamedna
teach
To instruct another with words or example, so that he learns.
Where else “lamedna” appears- your daughtersבְנוֹתֵיvenote
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venote” appears- a wailingנֶהִיnehi
lament
Lament: a song of mourning for someone who has died or for a disaster.
Where else “nehi” appears- her companionרְעוּתָreuta
neighbor (woman)
Neighbor, companion (woman); "one another".
Where else “reuta” appears- a lamentקִינָהkina
lament, dirge
Dirge: a poem sung over someone's death or over a disaster. The Hebrew name of the book of Lamentations comes from this word.
Where else “kina” appears
The context
19For a sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How we are devastated! We are greatly ashamed, for we have left the land, for they have cast down our dwellings.’”
20 · This verse (above)
21For death has come up through our windows; it has entered our palaces, to cut off the child from the street, the young men from the squares.