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Beware,הִשָּׁמֵרוּeachאִישׁof his neighbor,מֵרֵעֵהוּand inוְעַלnoכָּל אַלbrotherאָחput your trust;תִּבְטָחוּforכִּיeveryכָלbrotherאָחutterly supplants,עָקוֹב יַעְקֹבand everyוְכָלneighborרֵעַgoes about slandering.רָכִיל יַהֲלֹךְ
Jeremiah 9:4
Study it in the app“Beware, each of his neighbor, and in no brother put your trust; for every brother utterly supplants, and every neighbor goes about slandering.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 9:4, word by word
- Bewareהִשָּׁמֵרוּhishameru
take care
To watch out for oneself.
Where else “hishameru” appears- eachאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- of his neighborרֵעֵree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears- brotherאָחach
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ach” appears- put your trustתִּבְטָחוּtivtachu
trust
To rely on someone, YHWH or man.
Where else “tivtachu” appears- utterly supplantsעָקוֹבakov
supplant
Take another's place by trickery.
Where else “akov” appears- goes about slanderingרָכִילrachil
slanderer
Gossip, slander; one who goes about telling things about others.
Where else “rachil” appears- goes about slanderingיַהֲלֹךְyahaloch
roam
To move about with no fixed course, roaming a place.
Where else “yahaloch” appears
Translation note
“Supplants” (עָקוֹב יַעְקֹב) is the verb from which the name Jacob comes (Genesis 27:36).
The context
3And they bend their tongue, their bow, for falsehood; and not for faithfulness have they grown strong in the land; for from evil to evil they go on, and me they do not know, declares YHWH.
4 · This verse (above)
5And each deceives his neighbor, and truth they do not speak; they have taught their tongue to speak falsehood; they weary themselves committing iniquity.