Author Archives: Nevi’im

הַאֱלֹהֵ֧י מִקָּרֹ֛ב אָ֖נִי נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה וְלֹ֥א אֱלֹהֵ֖י מֵרָחֹֽק׃ “Am I a God from nearby,” declares YHWH, “and not a God from far away?   Morphology הַאֱלֹהֵ֧י (ha-ʾĕlohei) – Root: אֱלֹהִים; Form: Interrogative particle + definite article + noun, masculine plural construct; … Continue reading →

וְאִֽם־עָמְד֖וּ בְּסֹודִ֑י וְיַשְׁמִ֤עוּ דְבָרַי֙ אֶת־עַמִּ֔י וִֽישִׁבוּם֙ מִדַּרְכָּ֣ם הָרָ֔ע וּמֵרֹ֖עַ מַֽעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃ ס But if they had stood in My council, then they would have caused My people to hear My words, and they would have turned them from their evil way … Continue reading →

לֹא־שָׁלַ֥חְתִּי אֶת־הַנְּבִאִ֖ים וְהֵ֣ם רָ֑צוּ לֹא־דִבַּ֥רְתִּי אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם וְהֵ֥ם נִבָּֽאוּ׃ I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.   Morphology לֹא־שָׁלַ֥חְתִּי (lo-shālaḥtī) – Root: שלח; Form: Qal perfect 1st person common singular; … Continue reading →

לֹ֤א יָשׁוּב֙ אַף־יְהוָ֔ה עַד־עֲשֹׂתֹ֥ו וְעַד־הֲקִימֹ֖ו מְזִמֹּ֣ות לִבֹּ֑ו בְּאַֽחֲרִית֙ הַיָּמִ֔ים תִּתְבֹּ֥ונְנוּ בָ֖הּ בִּינָֽה׃ The anger of YHWH shall not turn back until He has done it and until He has established the plans of His heart; in the latter days you … Continue reading →

הִנֵּ֣ה סַעֲרַ֣ת יְהוָ֗ה חֵמָה֙ יָֽצְאָ֔ה וְסַ֖עַר מִתְחֹולֵ֑ל עַ֛ל רֹ֥אשׁ רְשָׁעִ֖ים יָחֽוּל׃ Behold, the storm of YHWH, wrath has gone out, and a whirling tempest; it whirls upon the head of the wicked.   Morphology הִנֵּ֣ה (hinneh) – Root: הנה; Form: … Continue reading →

כִּ֣י מִ֤י עָמַד֙ בְּסֹ֣וד יְהוָ֔ה וְיֵ֖רֶא וְיִשְׁמַ֣ע אֶת־דְּבָרֹ֑ו מִֽי־הִקְשִׁ֥יב דְּבָרִ֖י וַיִּשְׁמָֽע׃ ס For who has stood in the council of YHWH, that he should see and hear His word? Who has given ear to My word and listened?   Morphology … Continue reading →

אֹמְרִ֤ים אָמֹור֙ לִֽמְנַאֲצַ֔י דִּבֶּ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה שָׁלֹ֖ום יִֽהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֑ם וְ֠כֹל הֹלֵ֞ךְ בִּשְׁרִר֤וּת לִבֹּו֙ אָֽמְר֔וּ לֹֽא־תָבֹ֥וא עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם רָעָֽה׃ They say continually to those who despise Me, ‘YHWH has spoken: “Peace shall be to you,”’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness … Continue reading →

כֹּֽה־אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹ֗ות אַֽל־תִּשְׁמְע֞וּ עַל־דִּבְרֵ֤י הַנְּבִאִים֙ הַנִּבְּאִ֣ים לָכֶ֔ם מַהְבִּלִ֥ים הֵ֖מָּה אֶתְכֶ֑ם חֲזֹ֤ון לִבָּם֙ יְדַבֵּ֔רוּ לֹ֖א מִפִּ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ Thus said YHWH of Hosts: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, they are leading you to … Continue reading →

לָכֵ֞ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאֹות֙ עַל־הַנְּבִאִ֔ים הִנְנִ֨י מַאֲכִ֤יל אֹותָם֙ לַֽעֲנָ֔ה וְהִשְׁקִתִ֖ים מֵי־רֹ֑אשׁ כִּ֗י מֵאֵת֙ נְבִיאֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם יָצְאָ֥ה חֲנֻפָּ֖ה לְכָל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ פ Therefore thus said YHWH of Hosts concerning the prophets: “Behold, I am feeding them wormwood and making them drink poisoned water, … Continue reading →

וּבִנְבִאֵ֨י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם רָאִ֣יתִי שַׁעֲרוּרָ֗ה נָאֹ֞וף וְהָלֹ֤ךְ בַּשֶּׁ֨קֶר֙ וְחִזְּקוּ֙ יְדֵ֣י מְרֵעִ֔ים לְבִ֨לְתִּי־שָׁ֔בוּ אִ֖ישׁ מֵרָֽעָתֹ֑ו הָֽיוּ־לִ֤י כֻלָּם֙ כִּסְדֹ֔ם וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ כַּעֲמֹרָֽה׃ ס And among the prophets of Yerushalayim I have seen a horrible thing: adultery and walking in falsehood. And they strengthen the … Continue reading →

וּבִנְבִיאֵ֥י שֹׁמְרֹ֖ון רָאִ֣יתִי תִפְלָ֑ה הִנַּבְּא֣וּ בַבַּ֔עַל וַיַּתְע֥וּ אֶת־עַמִּ֖י אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ ס “And among the prophets of Shomron I have seen depravity: they prophesied by Baʿal and caused My people Yisraʾel to go astray.   Morphology וּבִנְבִיאֵי (u-vivniveʾei) – Root: נבא; Form: … Continue reading →

לָכֵן֩ יִֽהְיֶ֨ה דַרְכָּ֜ם לָהֶ֗ם כַּחֲלַקְלַקֹּות֙ בָּֽאֲפֵלָ֔ה יִדַּ֖חוּ וְנָ֣פְלוּ בָ֑הּ כִּֽי־אָבִ֨יא עֲלֵיהֶ֥ם רָעָ֛ה שְׁנַ֥ת פְּקֻדָּתָ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ “Therefore their way shall be to them like slippery places in the darkness; they shall be pushed and shall fall in it. For I will … Continue reading →

כִּֽי־גַם־נָבִ֥יא גַם־כֹּהֵ֖ן חָנֵ֑פוּ גַּם־בְּבֵיתִ֛י מָצָ֥אתִי רָעָתָ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ “For both prophet and priest have become profane; even in My house I have found their evil,” declares YHWH.   Morphology כִּי (ki) – Root: כי; Form: Conjunction; Translation: “For”; Notes: Introduces a … Continue reading →

כִּ֤י מְנָֽאֲפִים֙ מָלְאָ֣ה הָאָ֔רֶץ כִּֽי־מִפְּנֵ֤י אָלָה֙ אָבְלָ֣ה הָאָ֔רֶץ יָבְשׁ֖וּ נְאֹ֣ות מִדְבָּ֑ר וַתְּהִ֤י מְרֽוּצָתָם֙ רָעָ֔ה וּגְבוּרָתָ֖ם לֹא־כֵֽן׃ For adulterers the land is filled. For because of a curse the land mourns, the pastures of the wilderness have dried up. And their … Continue reading →

לַנְּבִאִ֞ים נִשְׁבַּ֧ר לִבִּ֣י בְקִרְבִּ֗י רָֽחֲפוּ֙ כָּל־עַצְמֹותַ֔י הָיִ֨יתִי֙ כְּאִ֣ישׁ שִׁכֹּ֔ור וּכְגֶ֖בֶר עֲבָ֣רֹו יָ֑יִן מִפְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וּמִפְּנֵ֖י דִּבְרֵ֥י קָדְשֹֽׁו׃ Concerning the prophets: My heart is broken within me, all my bones tremble. I have become like a man drunk, and like a … Continue reading →

כִּ֣י אִם־חַי־יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֶעֱלָה֩ וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר הֵבִ֜יא אֶת־זֶ֨רַע בֵּ֤ית יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ צָפֹ֔ונָה וּמִכֹּל֙ הָֽאֲרָצֹ֔ות אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִדַּחְתִּ֖ים שָׁ֑ם וְיָשְׁב֖וּ עַל־אַדְמָתָֽם׃ ס but, ‘As YHWH lives, who brought up and who brought back the offspring of the house of Yisraʾel from the land … Continue reading →

לָכֵ֛ן הִנֵּֽה־יָמִ֥ים בָּאִ֖ים נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה וְלֹא־יֹ֤אמְרוּ עֹוד֙ חַי־יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֧ר הֶעֱלָ֛ה אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃ “Therefore, behold, days are coming,” declares YHWH, “and they shall no longer say, ‘As YHWH lives, who brought up the sons of Yisraʾel from the land of … Continue reading →

בְּיָמָיו֙ תִּוָּשַׁ֣ע יְהוּדָ֔ה וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יִשְׁכֹּ֣ן לָבֶ֑טַח וְזֶה־שְּׁמֹ֥ו אֲֽשֶׁר־יִקְרְאֹ֖ו יְהוָ֥ה צִדְקֵֽנוּ׃ ס In his days Yehuda shall be saved, and Yisraʾel shall dwell securely. And this is his name by which YHWH shall call him: YHWH is our righteousness.   Morphology … Continue reading →

הִנֵּ֨ה יָמִ֤ים בָּאִים֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וַהֲקִמֹתִ֥י לְדָוִ֖ד צֶ֣מַח צַדִּ֑יק וּמָ֤לַךְ מֶ֨לֶךְ֙ וְהִשְׂכִּ֔יל וְעָשָׂ֛ה מִשְׁפָּ֥ט וּצְדָקָ֖ה בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ “Behold, days are coming,” declares YHWH, “when I will raise up for Dawid a righteous Branch, and a king shall reign and act wisely, and … Continue reading →

וַהֲקִמֹתִ֧י עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם רֹעִ֖ים וְרָע֑וּם וְלֹא־יִֽירְא֨וּ עֹ֧וד וְלֹא־יֵחַ֛תּוּ וְלֹ֥א יִפָּקֵ֖דוּ נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ ס And I will raise up over them shepherds who shall shepherd them, and they shall no longer fear, nor be dismayed, nor be missing,” declares YHWH.   Morphology וַהֲקִמֹתִ֧י … Continue reading →

וַאֲנִ֗י אֲקַבֵּץ֙ אֶת־שְׁאֵרִ֣ית צֹאנִ֔י מִכֹּל֙ הָאֲרָצֹ֔ות אֲשֶׁר־הִדַּ֥חְתִּי אֹתָ֖ם שָׁ֑ם וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֥י אֶתְהֶ֛ן עַל־נְוֵהֶ֖ן וּפָר֥וּ וְרָבֽוּ׃ “And I will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their … Continue reading →

לָ֠כֵן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל עַֽל־הָרֹעִים֮ הָרֹעִ֣ים אֶת־עַמִּי֒ אַתֶּ֞ם הֲפִצֹתֶ֤ם אֶת־צֹאנִי֙ וַתַּדִּח֔וּם וְלֹ֥א פְקַדְתֶּ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם הִנְנִ֨י פֹקֵ֧ד עֲלֵיכֶ֛ם אֶת־רֹ֥עַ מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ Therefore thus said YHWH, the God of Yisraʾel, concerning the shepherds who shepherd My people: “You have scattered My … Continue reading →

הֹ֣וי רֹעִ֗ים מְאַבְּדִ֧ים וּמְפִצִ֛ים אֶת־צֹ֥אן מַרְעִיתִ֖י נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the flock of My pasture!” declares YHWH.   Morphology הֹ֣וי (hoy) – Root: הוי; Form: Interjection; Translation: “Woe”; Notes: A prophetic cry of judgment or … Continue reading →

כֹּ֣ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה כִּתְב֞וּ אֶת־הָאִ֤ישׁ הַזֶּה֙ עֲרִירִ֔י גֶּ֖בֶר לֹא־יִצְלַ֣ח בְּיָמָ֑יו כִּי֩ לֹ֨א יִצְלַ֜ח מִזַּרְעֹ֗ו אִ֚ישׁ יֹשֵׁב֙ עַל־כִּסֵּ֣א דָוִ֔ד וּמֹשֵׁ֥ל עֹ֖וד בִּיהוּדָֽה׃ Thus said YHWH: ‘Write this man as childless, a man who shall not succeed in his days, for no … Continue reading →

אֶ֥רֶץ אֶ֖רֶץ אָ֑רֶץ שִׁמְעִ֖י דְּבַר־יְהוָֽה׃ ס Land, land, land, hear the word of YHWH.   Morphology אֶ֥רֶץ (ʾerets) – Root: ארץ; Form: Noun, feminine singular absolute, with conjunctive accent; Translation: “land”; Notes: The repetition (tripling) is emphatic, a rhetorical summons … Continue reading →

הַעֶ֨צֶב נִבְזֶ֜ה נָפ֗וּץ הָאִ֤ישׁ הַזֶּה֙ כָּנְיָ֔הוּ אִ֨ם־כְּלִ֔י אֵ֥ין חֵ֖פֶץ בֹּ֑ו מַדּ֤וּעַ הֽוּטֲלוּ֙ ה֣וּא וְזַרְעֹ֔ו וְהֻ֨שְׁלְכ֔וּ עַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יָדָֽעוּ׃ “Is this man Konyahu a despised shattered idol, a vessel in which there is no delight? Why have he and his offspring … Continue reading →

וְעַל־הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־הֵ֛ם מְנַשְּׂאִ֥ים אֶת־נַפְשָׁ֖ם לָשׁ֣וּב שָׁ֑ם שָׁ֖מָּה לֹ֥א יָשֽׁוּבוּ׃ ס And to the land to which they are lifting up their soul to return there, there they shall not return.”   Morphology וְעַל־ (ve-ʿal) – Root: על; Form: Conjunction + … Continue reading →

וְהֵֽטַלְתִּ֣י אֹתְךָ֗ וְאֶֽת־אִמְּךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְלָדַ֔תְךָ עַ֚ל הָאָ֣רֶץ אַחֶ֔רֶת אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־יֻלַּדְתֶּ֖ם שָׁ֑ם וְשָׁ֖ם תָּמֽוּתוּ׃ And I will hurl you and your mother who bore you upon another land where you were not born, and there you shall die.   Morphology וְהֵֽטַלְתִּ֣י … Continue reading →

וּנְתַתִּ֗יךָ בְּיַד֙ מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ וּבְיַ֛ד אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֥ה יָגֹ֖ור מִפְּנֵיהֶ֑ם וּבְיַ֛ד נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל וּבְיַ֥ד הַכַּשְׂדִּֽים׃ And I will give you into the hand of those who seek your life, and into the hand of those from whom you are afraid, and into … Continue reading →

חַי־אָנִי֮ נְאֻם־יְהוָה֒ כִּ֣י אִם־יִהְיֶ֞ה כָּנְיָ֤הוּ בֶן־יְהֹֽויָקִים֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה חֹותָ֖ם עַל־יַ֣ד יְמִינִ֑י כִּ֥י מִשָּׁ֖ם אֶתְּקֶֽנְךָּ׃ “As I live,” declares YHWH, “though Konyahu son of Yehoyaqim, king of Yehuda, were a signet ring on My right hand, yet from there I would … Continue reading →