Author Archives: Nevi’im

לָכֵ֞ן כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֗ה אֹוי֮ עִ֣יר הַדָּמִים֒ סִ֚יר אֲשֶׁ֣ר חֶלְאָתָ֣ה בָ֔הּ וְחֶ֨לְאָתָ֔הּ לֹ֥א יָצְאָ֖ה מִמֶּ֑נָּה לִנְתָחֶ֤יהָ לִנְתָחֶ֨יהָ֙ הֹוצִיאָ֔הּ לֹא־נָפַ֥ל עָלֶ֖יהָ גֹּורָֽל׃ Therefore, thus says the Lord YHWH: “Woe, city of bloods, pot whose scum is in it, and its scum … Continue reading →

מִבְחַ֤ר הַצֹּאן֙ לָקֹ֔וחַ וְגַ֛ם דּ֥וּר הָעֲצָמִ֖ים תַּחְתֶּ֑יהָ רַתַּ֣ח רְתָחֶ֔יהָ גַּם־בָּשְׁל֥וּ עֲצָמֶ֖יהָ בְּתֹוכָֽהּ׃ ס Take the choice of the flock, and also pile the bones beneath it. Boil its boiling, yes, they cooked its bones within it.   Morphology מִבְחַר (mivḥar) … Continue reading →

אֱסֹ֤ף נְתָחֶ֨יהָ֙ אֵלֶ֔יהָ כָּל־נֵ֥תַח טֹ֖וב יָרֵ֣ךְ וְכָתֵ֑ף מִבְחַ֥ר עֲצָמִ֖ים מַלֵּֽא׃ Gather its pieces into it, every good piece, thigh and shoulder, fill it with choice bones.   Morphology אֱסֹף (ʾesof) – Root: אסף (ʾasaf); Form: Qal imperative 2nd person masculine … Continue reading →

וּמְשֹׁ֤ל אֶל־בֵּית־הַמֶּ֨רִי֙ מָשָׁ֔ל וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה שְׁפֹ֤ת הַסִּיר֙ שְׁפֹ֔ת וְגַם־יְצֹ֥ק בֹּ֖ו מָֽיִם׃ And set forth to the house of rebellion a parable, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord YHWH: “Put on the pot, … Continue reading →

בֶּן־אָדָ֗ם כתוב־לְךָ֙ אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם הַיֹּ֔ום אֶת־עֶ֖צֶם הַיֹּ֣ום הַזֶּ֑ה סָמַ֤ךְ מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל֙ אֶל־יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם בְּעֶ֖צֶם הַיֹּ֥ום הַזֶּֽה׃ “Son of man, write for yourself the name of the day, this very day. The king of Bavel laid siege against Yerushalayim on this very day.   … Continue reading →

וַיְהִי֩ דְבַר־יְהוָ֨ה אֵלַ֜י בַּשָּׁנָ֤ה הַתְּשִׁיעִית֙ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָעֲשִׂירִ֔י בֶּעָשֹׂ֥ור לַחֹ֖דֶשׁ לֵאמֹֽר׃ And the word of YHWH came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, saying,   Morphology וַיְהִי (va-yehi) – Root: היה … Continue reading →

וְנָתְנ֤וּ זִמַּתְכֶ֨נָה֙ עֲלֵיכֶ֔ן וַחֲטָאֵ֥י גִלּוּלֵיכֶ֖ן תִּשֶּׂ֑אינָה וִידַעְתֶּ֕ם כִּ֥י אֲנִ֖י אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃ פ And they shall put your lewdness upon you, and the sins of your idols you shall bear, and you shall know that I am the Lord YHWH.’”   … Continue reading →

וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֥י זִמָּ֖ה מִן־הָאָ֑רֶץ וְנִֽוַּסְּרוּ֙ כָּל־הַנָּשִׁ֔ים וְלֹ֥א תַעֲשֶׂ֖ינָה כְּזִמַּתְכֶֽנָה׃ And I will cause lewdness to cease from the land, and all the women shall be instructed, and they shall not do according to your lewdness.   Morphology וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי (ve-hishbati) – Root: … Continue reading →

וְרָגְמ֨וּ עֲלֵיהֶ֥ן אֶ֨בֶן֙ קָהָ֔ל וּבָרֵ֥א אֹותְהֶ֖ן בְּחַרְבֹותָ֑ם בְּנֵיהֶ֤ם וּבְנֹֽותֵיהֶם֙ יַהֲרֹ֔גוּ וּבָתֵּיהֶ֖ן בָּאֵ֥שׁ יִשְׂרֹֽפוּ׃ And the assembly shall stone them with a stone, and cut them down with their swords; their sons and their daughters they shall kill, and their houses … Continue reading →

כִּ֛י כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה הַעֲלֵ֤ה עֲלֵיהֶם֙ קָהָ֔ל וְנָתֹ֥ן אֶתְהֶ֖ן לְזַעֲוָ֥ה וְלָבַֽז׃ For thus says the Lord YHWH: ‘Bring up against them a company, and give them to terror and to plunder.   Morphology כִּי (ki) – Root: כי (ki); … Continue reading →

וַאֲנָשִׁ֣ים צַדִּיקִ֗ם הֵ֚מָּה יִשְׁפְּט֣וּ אֹֽותְהֶ֔ם מִשְׁפַּט֙ נֹֽאֲפֹ֔ות וּמִשְׁפַּ֖ט שֹׁפְכֹ֣ות דָּ֑ם כִּ֤י נֹֽאֲפֹת֙ הֵ֔נָּה וְדָ֖ם בִּֽידֵיהֶֽן׃ ס And righteous men, they shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses and with the judgment of women who shed blood, for adulteresses they … Continue reading →

וַיָּבֹ֣וא אֵלֶ֔יהָ כְּבֹ֖וא אֶל־אִשָּׁ֣ה זֹונָ֑ה כֵּ֣ן בָּ֗אוּ אֶֽל־אָֽהֳלָה֙ וְאֶל־אָ֣הֳלִיבָ֔ה אִשֹּׁ֖ת הַזִּמָּֽה׃ And he went in to her, as one goes in to a prostitute woman, so they went in to Ohola and to Oholiva, the women of lewdness.   Morphology … Continue reading →

וָאֹמַ֕ר לַבָּלָ֖ה נִֽאוּפִ֑ים עֵת יִזְנֶ֖ה תַזְנוּתֶ֖הָ וָהִֽיא׃ And I said concerning the one worn out with adulteries: ‘At the time her fornication will commit fornication, and she is.’   Morphology וָאֹמַר (va-ʾomar) – Root: אמר (ʾamar); Form: Qal wayyiqtol (narrative … Continue reading →

וְקֹ֣ול הָמֹון֮ שָׁלֵ֣ו בָהּ֒ וְאֶל־אֲנָשִׁים֙ מֵרֹ֣ב אָדָ֔ם מוּבָאִ֥ים סובאים מִמִּדְבָּ֑ר וַֽיִּתְּנ֤וּ צְמִידִים֙ אֶל־יְדֵיהֶ֔ן וַעֲטֶ֥רֶת תִּפְאֶ֖רֶת עַל־רָאשֵׁיהֶֽן׃ And the sound of a multitude at ease was in her, and to the men of the multitude of mankind were brought drunkards from … Continue reading →

וְיָשַׁבְתְּ֙ עַל־מִטָּ֣ה כְבוּדָּ֔ה וְשֻׁלְחָ֥ן עָר֖וּךְ לְפָנֶ֑יהָ וּקְטָרְתִּ֥י וְשַׁמְנִ֖י שַׂ֥מְתְּ עָלֶֽיהָ׃ And you sat upon a glorious bed, and a table was set before her, and my incense and my oil you placed upon it.   Morphology וְיָשַׁבְתְּ (ve-yāshaft) – Root: … Continue reading →

וְאַ֗ף כִּ֤י תִשְׁלַ֨חְנָה֙ לַֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים בָּאִ֖ים מִמֶּרְחָ֑ק אֲשֶׁ֨ר מַלְאָ֜ךְ שָׁל֤וּחַ אֲלֵיהֶם֙ וְהִנֵּה־בָ֔אוּ לַאֲשֶׁ֥ר רָחַ֛צְתְּ כָּחַ֥לְתְּ עֵינַ֖יִךְ וְעָ֥דִית עֶֽדִי׃ And moreover, you sent for men who came from afar, to whom a messenger had been sent, and behold, they came—for whom you … Continue reading →

וּֽבְשַׁחֲטָ֤ם אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶם֙ לְגִלּ֣וּלֵיהֶ֔ם וַיָּבֹ֧אוּ אֶל־מִקְדָּשִׁ֛י בַּיֹּ֥ום הַה֖וּא לְחַלְּלֹ֑ו וְהִנֵּה־כֹ֥ה עָשׂ֖וּ בְּתֹ֥וךְ בֵּיתִֽי׃ And when they slaughtered their sons for their idols, they came into my sanctuary on that day to profane it, and behold, thus they did in the midst … Continue reading →

וּֽבְשַׁחֲטָ֤ם אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶם֙ לְגִלּ֣וּלֵיהֶ֔ם וַיָּבֹ֧אוּ אֶל־מִקְדָּשִׁ֛י בַּיֹּ֥ום הַה֖וּא לְחַלְּלֹ֑ו וְהִנֵּה־כֹ֥ה עָשׂ֖וּ בְּתֹ֥וךְ בֵּיתִֽי׃ And when they slaughtered their sons for their idols, they came into my sanctuary on that day to profane it, and behold, thus they did in the midst … Continue reading →

כִּ֣י נִאֵ֗פוּ וְדָם֙ בִּֽידֵיהֶ֔ן וְאֶת־גִּלּֽוּלֵיהֶ֖ן נִאֵ֑פוּ וְגַ֤ם אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶן֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָֽלְדוּ־לִ֔י הֶעֱבִ֥ירוּ לָהֶ֖ם לְאָכְלָֽה׃ For they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols they committed adultery, and even their sons whom they bore to me … Continue reading →

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֵלַ֔י בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם הֲתִשְׁפֹּ֥וט אֶֽת־אָהֳלָ֖ה וְאֶת־אָהֳלִיבָ֑ה וְהַגֵּ֣ד לָהֶ֔ן אֵ֖ת תֹועֲבֹותֵיהֶֽן׃ And YHWH said to me, “Son of man, will you judge Ohola and Oholiva? And declare to them their abominations.   Morphology וַיֹּאמֶר (va-yōmer) – Root: אמר (ʾamar); Form: … Continue reading →

לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה יַ֚עַן שָׁכַ֣חַתְּ אֹותִ֔י וַתַּשְׁלִ֥יכִי אֹותִ֖י אַחֲרֵ֣י גַוֵּ֑ךְ וְגַם־אַ֛תְּ שְׂאִ֥י זִמָּתֵ֖ךְ וְאֶת־תַּזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃ ס Therefore thus says the Lord YHWH: ‘Because you have forgotten me and have cast me behind your back, therefore you also bear your … Continue reading →

וְשָׁתִ֨ית אֹותָ֜הּ וּמָצִ֗ית וְאֶת־חֲרָשֶׂ֛יהָ תְּגָרֵ֖מִי וְשָׁדַ֣יִךְ תְּנַתֵּ֑קִי כִּ֚י אֲנִ֣י דִבַּ֔רְתִּי נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃ ס And you shall drink it and drain it, and its shards you shall gnaw, and your breasts you shall tear off; for I have spoken,’ declares … Continue reading →

שִׁכָּרֹ֥ון וְיָגֹ֖ון תִּמָּלֵ֑אִי כֹּ֚וס שַׁמָּ֣ה וּשְׁמָמָ֔ה כֹּ֖וס אֲחֹותֵ֥ךְ שֹׁמְרֹֽון׃ Drunkenness and sorrow you shall be filled with, the goblet of horror and desolation, the goblet of your sister Shomeron.   Morphology שִׁכָּרֹון (shikkārōn) – Root: שׁכר (shakar); Form: Noun masculine … Continue reading →

כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֔ה כֹּ֤וס אֲחֹותֵךְ֙ תִּשְׁתִּ֔י הָעֲמֻקָּ֖ה וְהָרְחָבָ֑ה תִּהְיֶ֥ה לִצְחֹ֛ק וּלְלַ֖עַג מִרְבָּ֥ה לְהָכִֽיל׃ Thus says the Lord YHWH: ‘The goblet of your sister you shall drink, deep and wide; it shall be for laughter and for derision, abundant to … Continue reading →

בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ אֲחֹותֵ֖ךְ הָלָ֑כְתְּ וְנָתַתִּ֥י כֹוסָ֖הּ בְּיָדֵֽךְ׃ ס In the way of your sister you have walked, and I will put her goblet in your hand.   Morphology בְּדֶרֶךְ (be-derekh) – Root: דרך (dérekh); Form: Preposition + noun masculine singular; Translation: … Continue reading →

עָשֹׂ֥ה אֵ֖לֶּה לָ֑ךְ בִּזְנֹותֵךְ֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י גֹויִ֔ם עַ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־נִטְמֵ֖את בְּגִלּוּלֵיהֶֽם׃ These things are done to you because of your whorings after the nations, because you were defiled with their idols.   Morphology עָשֹׂה (ʿāsōh) – Root: עשה (ʿasah); Form: Qal infinitive … Continue reading →

וְעָשׂ֨וּ אֹותָ֜ךְ בְּשִׂנְאָ֗ה וְלָקְחוּ֙ כָּל־יְגִיעֵ֔ךְ וַעֲזָב֖וּךְ עֵירֹ֣ם וְעֶרְיָ֑ה וְנִגְלָה֙ עֶרְוַ֣ת זְנוּנַ֔יִךְ וְזִמָּתֵ֖ךְ וְתַזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃ And they shall deal with you in hatred, and they shall take all your labor, and they shall leave you naked and bare; and the nakedness of … Continue reading →

כִּ֣י כֹ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה הִנְנִי֙ נֹֽתְנָ֔ךְ בְּיַ֖ד אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׂנֵ֑את בְּיַ֛ד אֲשֶׁר־נָקְעָ֥ה נַפְשֵׁ֖ךְ מֵהֶֽם׃ For thus says the Lord YHWH: ‘Behold, I am giving you into the hand of those whom you hated, into the hand of those from whom … Continue reading →

וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֤י זִמָּתֵךְ֙ מִמֵּ֔ךְ וְאֶת־זְנוּתֵ֖ךְ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וְלֹֽא־תִשְׂאִ֤י עֵינַ֨יִךְ֙ אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וּמִצְרַ֖יִם לֹ֥א תִזְכְּרִי־עֹֽוד׃ ס And I will cause your lewdness to cease from you, and your whorings from the land of Mitsrayim; and you shall not lift up your eyes to … Continue reading →

וְהִפְשִׁיט֖וּךְ אֶת־בְּגָדָ֑יִךְ וְלָקְח֖וּ כְּלֵ֥י תִפְאַרְתֵּֽךְ׃ And they shall strip you of your garments, and they shall take the vessels of your adornment.   Morphology וְהִפְשִׁיטוּךְ (ve-hifshitukh) – Root: פשט (pāshat); Form: Hifil perfect 3rd masculine plural + 2nd feminine singular … Continue reading →