Jeremiah
Jeremiah 29:6
6Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Take | קְח֣וּ | qə·ḥū | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H3947 take |
| wives | נָשִׁ֗ים | nā·šîm | Noun - feminine plural | H802 woman, wife, female |
| and have | וְהוֹלִידוּ֮ | wə·hō·w·lî·ḏū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural | H3205 bear, bring forth, beget |
| sons | בָּנִ֣ים | bā·nîm | Noun - masculine plural | H1121 son |
| and daughters | וּבָנוֹת֒ | ū·ḇā·nō·wṯ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural | H1323 daughter |
| Take | וּקְח֨וּ | ū·qə·ḥū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H3947 take |
| wives | נָשִׁ֗ים | nā·šîm | Noun - feminine plural | H802 woman, wife, female |
| for your sons | לִבְנֵיכֶ֜ם | liḇ·nê·ḵem | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H1121 son |
| and give | תְּנ֣וּ | tə·nū | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H5414 give, put, set |
| your daughters | בְּנֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ | bə·nō·w·ṯê·ḵem | Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H1323 daughter |
| in marriage | לַֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים | la·’ă·nā·šîm | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural | H582 man, mankind |
| so that they too may have | וְתֵלַ֖דְנָה | wə·ṯê·laḏ·nāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine plural | H3205 bear, bring forth, beget |
| sons | בָּנִ֣ים | bā·nîm | Noun - masculine plural | H1121 son |
| and daughters | וּבָנ֑וֹת | ū·ḇā·nō·wṯ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural | H1323 daughter |
| Multiply | וּרְבוּ־ | ū·rə·ḇū- | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H7235 be, or become, much, many, great |
| there | שָׁ֖ם | šām | Adverb | H8033 there, thither |
| do not | וְאַל־ | wə·’al- | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| decrease | תִּמְעָֽטוּ׃ | tim·‘ā·ṭū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H4591 be or become small, diminished, few |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Judges 12:9 · Genesis 24:51 · Genesis 29:19 · Genesis 21:21 · Genesis 28:1–4 · Genesis 24:3–4 · 1 Timothy 5:14 · Judges 1:12–14 · Genesis 9:7 · Genesis 1:27–28 · Jeremiah 16:2–4 · Judges 14:2
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.