Jeremiah
Jeremiah 36:29
29You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land and deprive it of man and beast?’
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You are to proclaim | תֹּאמַ֔ר | tō·mar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| concerning | וְעַל־ | wə·‘al- | Conjunctive waw; Preposition | H5921 height |
| Jehoiakim | יְהוֹיָקִ֤ים | yə·hō·w·yā·qîm | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3079 Jehojakim |
| king | מֶֽלֶךְ־ | me·leḵ- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H4428 king |
| of Judah | יְהוּדָה֙ | yə·hū·ḏāh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3063 Judah |
| that this is what | כֹּ֖ה | kōh | Adverb | H3541 thus, here |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֑ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| says | אָמַ֣ר | ’ā·mar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| You | אַ֠תָּה | ’at·tāh | Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| have burned | שָׂרַ֜פְתָּ | śā·rap̄·tā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H8313 burn |
| the | הַזֹּאת֙ | haz·zōṯ | Article; Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| scroll | הַמְּגִלָּ֤ה | ham·mə·ḡil·lāh | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H4039 roll |
| and said | לֵאמֹ֔ר | lê·mōr | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H559 utter, say |
| Why | מַדּוּעַ֩ | mad·dū·a‘ | Interrogative | H4069 wherefore? |
| have you written | כָּתַ֨בְתָּ | kā·ṯaḇ·tā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H3789 write |
| on it | עָלֶ֜יהָ | ‘ā·le·hā | Preposition; third person feminine singular | H5921 height |
| that | לֵאמֹ֗ר | lê·mōr | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H559 utter, say |
| the king | מֶֽלֶךְ־ | me·leḵ- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H4428 king |
| of Babylon | בָּבֶל֙ | bā·ḇel | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H894 Babel, Babylon |
| would surely come | בֹּֽא־ | bō- | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| and destroy | וְהִשְׁחִית֙ | wə·hiš·ḥîṯ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H7843 go to ruin (?) |
| this | הַזֹּ֔את | haz·zōṯ | Article; Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| land | הָאָ֣רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| and deprive it | וְהִשְׁבִּ֥ית | wə·hiš·bîṯ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H7673 cease, desist, rest |
| of | מִמֶּ֖נָּה | mim·men·nāh | Preposition; third person feminine singular | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| man | אָדָ֥ם | ’ā·ḏām | Noun - masculine singular | H120 man, mankind |
| and beast | וּבְהֵמָֽה׃ס | ū·ḇə·hê·māh | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular | H929 beast, animal, cattle |
Cross-references
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Jeremiah 26:9 · Isaiah 30:10 · Isaiah 29:21 · Jeremiah 32:3 · Deuteronomy 29:19 · Isaiah 45:9 · Job 15:24
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.