Jeremiah
Jeremiah 35:6
6“We do not drink wine,” they replied, “for our forefather Jonadaba son of Rechab commanded us, ‘Neither you nor your descendants are ever to drink wine.
Footnotes
- a 35:6 Jonadab is a variant of Jehonadab; here and throughout this chapter; see 2 Kings 10:15|2KI 10:15.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| We do not | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| drink | נִשְׁתֶּה־ | niš·teh- | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural | H8354 drink |
| wine | יָּ֑יִן | yā·yin | Noun - masculine singular | H3196 wine |
| they replied | וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ | way·yō·mə·rū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H559 utter, say |
| for | כִּי֩ | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| our forefather | אָבִ֗ינוּ | ’ā·ḇî·nū | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common plural | H1 father |
| Jonadab | יוֹנָדָ֨ב | yō·w·nā·ḏāḇ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3122 Jonadab |
| son | בֶּן־ | ben- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H1121 son |
| of Rechab | רֵכָ֜ב | rê·ḵāḇ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H7394 Rekab |
| commanded | צִוָּ֤ה | ṣiw·wāh | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H6680 lay charge (upon), give charge (to), charge, command, order |
| us | עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙ | ‘ā·lê·nū | Preposition; first person common plural | H5921 height |
| Neither you | אַתֶּ֥ם | ’at·tem | Pronoun - second person masculine plural | H859 thou |
| nor your descendants | וּבְנֵיכֶ֖ם | ū·ḇə·nê·ḵem | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H1121 son |
| are ever to | לֹ֧א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| drink | תִשְׁתּוּ־ | ṯiš·tū- | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H8354 drink |
| wine | יַ֛יִן | ya·yin | Noun - masculine singular | H3196 wine |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Luke 1:15 · 2 Kings 10:15 · 1 Chronicles 2:55 · Judges 13:7 · Judges 13:14 · Leviticus 10:9 · Exodus 20:12 · 1 Peter 2:11 · 1 Corinthians 7:26–31 · Psalm 105:12 · Genesis 25:27 · Leviticus 23:42–43
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.