Jeremiah 9:20

“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.”

Jeremiah 9:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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