Jeremiah

Jeremiah 22:16

¹⁶He took up the cause of the poor and needy,

and so it went well with him.

Is this not what it means to know Me?”

declares the LORD.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He took up	דָּ֛ן	dān	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1777 judge
the cause	דִּין־	dîn-	Noun - masculine singular	H1779 judgment
of the poor	עָנִ֥י	‘ā·nî	Adjective - masculine singular	H6041 poor, afflicted, humble, meek
and needy	וְאֶבְי֖וֹן	wə·’eḇ·yō·wn	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine singular	H34 in want, needy, poor
and so	אָ֣ז	’āz	Adverb	H227 at that time, then
it went well	ט֑וֹב	ṭō·wḇ	Adjective - masculine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
Is this	הִ֛יא	hî	Pronoun - third person feminine singular	H1931 he, she
not	הֲלוֹא־	hă·lō·w-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
what it means to know	הַדַּ֥עַת	had·da·‘aṯ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H1847 knowledge
Me	אֹתִ֖י	’ō·ṯî	Direct object marker; first person common singular	H853 mark of the accusative
declares	נְאֻם־	nə·’um-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5002 utterance
the LORD	יְהוָֽה׃	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.