Jeremiah

Jeremiah 13:11

¹¹For just as a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I have made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to Me, declares the LORD, so that they might be My people for My renown and praise and glory. But they did not listen.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֡י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
just as	כַּאֲשֶׁר֩	ka·’ă·šer	Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
a loincloth	הָאֵז֜וֹר	hā·’ê·zō·wr	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H232 waistcloth
clings	יִדְבַּ֨ק	yiḏ·baq	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1692 cling, cleave, keep close
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
a man’s	אִ֗ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
waist	מָתְנֵי־	mā·ṯə·nê-	Noun - masculine dual construct	H4975 waist, loins
so	כֵּ֣ן	kên	Adverb	H3651 right, veritable, honest
the whole	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
house	בֵּ֨ית	bêṯ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
and	וְאֶת־	wə·’eṯ-	Conjunctive waw; Direct object marker	H853 mark of the accusative
the whole	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
house	בֵּ֤ית	bêṯ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
of Judah	יְהוּדָה֙	yə·hū·ḏāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah
cling	הִדְבַּ֣קְתִּי	hiḏ·baq·tî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular	H1692 cling, cleave, keep close
to Me	אֵ֠לַי	’ê·lay	Preposition; first person common singular	H413 motion to
declares	נְאֻם־	nə·’um-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5002 utterance
the LORD	יְהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
so that they might be	לִֽהְי֥וֹת	lih·yō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
My	לִי֙	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
people	לְעָ֔ם	lə·‘ām	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
for My renown	וּלְשֵׁ֥ם	ū·lə·šêm	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H8034 name
and praise	וְלִתְהִלָּ֖ה	wə·liṯ·hil·lāh	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H8416 praise, song of praise
and glory	וּלְתִפְאָ֑רֶת	ū·lə·ṯip̄·’ā·reṯ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H8597 beauty, glory
But they did not	וְלֹ֖א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
listen	שָׁמֵֽעוּ׃	šā·mê·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H8085 hear

Cross-references

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Exodus 19:5–6 · Jeremiah 33:9 · Isaiah 43:21 · Psalm 81:11

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.