Author Archives: Nevi’im

כֹּ֣ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אַל־יִתְהַלֵּ֤ל חָכָם֙ בְּחָכְמָתֹ֔ו וְאַל־יִתְהַלֵּ֥ל הַגִּבֹּ֖ור בִּגְבֽוּרָתֹ֑ו אַל־יִתְהַלֵּ֥ל עָשִׁ֖יר בְּעָשְׁרֹֽו׃ Thus said YHWH: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast … Continue reading →

דַּבֵּ֗ר כֹּ֚ה נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וְנָֽפְלָה֙ נִבְלַ֣ת הָֽאָדָ֔ם כְּדֹ֖מֶן עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה וּכְעָמִ֛יר מֵאַחֲרֵ֥י הַקֹּצֵ֖ר וְאֵ֥ין מְאַסֵּֽף׃ “Speak thus,” declares YHWH, “and the carcass of man shall fall like dung upon the face of the field, and like sheaves after the reaper, with … Continue reading →

כִּֽי־עָ֤לָה מָ֨וֶת֙ בְּחַלֹּונֵ֔ינוּ בָּ֖א בְּאַרְמְנֹותֵ֑ינוּ לְהַכְרִ֤ית עֹולָל֙ מִח֔וּץ בַּחוּרִ֖ים מֵרְחֹבֹֽות׃ For death has come up through our windows, it has entered into our palaces, to cut off the infant from the outside, the young men from the streets.   Morphology … Continue reading →

כִּֽי־שְׁמַ֤עְנָה נָשִׁים֙ דְּבַר־יְהוָ֔ה וְתִקַּ֥ח אָזְנְכֶ֖ם דְּבַר־פִּ֑יו וְלַמֵּ֤דְנָה בְנֹֽותֵיכֶם֙ נֶ֔הִי וְאִשָּׁ֥ה רְעוּתָ֖הּ קִינָֽה׃ For hear, O women, the word of YHWH, and let your ear receive the word of His mouth, and teach your daughters lamentation, and every woman her neighbor … Continue reading →

כִּ֣י קֹ֥ול נְהִ֛י נִשְׁמַ֥ע מִצִּיֹּ֖ון אֵ֣יךְ שֻׁדָּ֑דְנוּ בֹּ֤שְׁנֽוּ מְאֹד֙ כִּֽי־עָזַ֣בְנוּ אָ֔רֶץ כִּ֥י הִשְׁלִ֖יכוּ מִשְׁכְּנֹותֵֽינוּ׃ ס For a voice of lamentation is heard from Tsiyyon: “How we are plundered! We are greatly ashamed, for we have left the land, for they … Continue reading →

וּתְמַהֵ֕רְנָה וְתִשֶּׂ֥נָה עָלֵ֖ינוּ נֶ֑הִי וְתֵרַ֤דְנָה עֵינֵ֨ינוּ֙ דִּמְעָ֔ה וְעַפְעַפֵּ֖ינוּ יִזְּלוּ־מָֽיִם׃ And let them hasten and lift up over us a lamentation, and let our eyes run down with tears, and our eyelids flow with water.   Morphology וּתְמַהֵרְנָה (u-temaheirnah) – Root: … Continue reading →

כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹ֔ות הִתְבֹּֽונְנ֛וּ וְקִרְא֥וּ לַמְקֹונְנֹ֖ות וּתְבֹואֶ֑ינָה וְאֶל־הַחֲכָמֹ֥ות שִׁלְח֖וּ וְתָבֹֽואנָה׃ Thus said YHWH of Hosts: “Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skillful women, and let them come.   Morphology כֹּה … Continue reading →

וַהֲפִֽצֹותִים֙ בַּגֹּויִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יָֽדְע֔וּ הֵ֖מָּה וַֽאֲבֹותָ֑ם וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֤י אַֽחֲרֵיהֶם֙ אֶת־הַחֶ֔רֶב עַ֥ד כַּלֹּותִ֖י אֹותָֽם׃ פ And I will scatter them among the nations whom neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send after them the sword until I … Continue reading →

לָכֵ֗ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאֹות֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הִנְנִ֧י מַאֲכִילָ֛ם אֶת־הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֖ה לַֽעֲנָ֑ה וְהִשְׁקִיתִ֖ים מֵי־רֹֽאשׁ׃ Therefore thus said YHWH of Hosts, the God of Yisraʾel: “Behold, I am feeding this people with wormwood and I will make them drink water of gall. … Continue reading →

וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ אַחֲרֵ֖י שְׁרִר֣וּת לִבָּ֑ם וְאַחֲרֵי֙ הַבְּעָלִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לִמְּד֖וּם אֲבֹותָֽם׃ ס And they walked after the stubbornness of their heart and after the Baʿalim, which their fathers taught them.   Morphology וַיֵּלְכוּ (va-yeleḵu) – Root: הלך (halakh); Form: Qal wayyiqtol (narrative … Continue reading →

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֔ה עַל־עָזְבָם֙ אֶת־תֹּ֣ורָתִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לִפְנֵיהֶ֑ם וְלֹא־שָׁמְע֥וּ בְקֹולִ֖י וְלֹא־הָ֥לְכוּ בָֽהּ׃ And YHWH said, “Because they have forsaken My Torah which I set before them, and have not listened to My voice, and have not walked in it.”   Morphology … Continue reading →

מִֽי־הָאִ֤ישׁ הֶֽחָכָם֙ וְיָבֵ֣ן אֶת־זֹ֔את וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֧ר פִּֽי־יְהוָ֛ה אֵלָ֖יו וְיַגִּדָ֑הּ עַל־מָה֙ אָבְדָ֣ה הָאָ֔רֶץ נִצְּתָ֥ה כַמִּדְבָּ֖ר מִבְּלִ֖י עֹבֵֽר׃ ס Who is the wise man that may understand this, and to whom the mouth of YHWH has spoken, that he may declare it—why … Continue reading →

וְנָתַתִּ֧י אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֛ם לְגַלִּ֖ים מְעֹ֣ון תַּנִּ֑ים וְאֶת־עָרֵ֧י יְהוּדָ֛ה אֶתֵּ֥ן שְׁמָמָ֖ה מִבְּלִ֖י יֹושֵֽׁב׃ ס And I will make Yerushalayim heaps, a dwelling of jackals, and the cities of Yehuda I will make a desolation, without inhabitant.   Morphology וְנָתַתִּי (ve-natatti) – Root: … Continue reading →

עַל־הֶ֨הָרִ֜ים אֶשָּׂ֧א בְכִ֣י וָנֶ֗הִי וְעַל־נְאֹ֤ות מִדְבָּר֙ קִינָ֔ה כִּ֤י נִצְּתוּ֙ מִבְּלִי־אִ֣ישׁ עֹבֵ֔ר וְלֹ֥א שָׁמְע֖וּ קֹ֣ול מִקְנֶ֑ה מֵעֹ֤וף הַשָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ וְעַד־בְּהֵמָ֔ה נָדְד֖וּ הָלָֽכוּ׃ Upon the mountains I will lift weeping and lamentation, and upon the pastures of the wilderness a dirge, for they … Continue reading →

הַעַל־אֵ֥לֶּה לֹֽא־אֶפְקָד־בָּ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה אִ֚ם בְּגֹ֣וי אֲשֶׁר־כָּזֶ֔ה לֹ֥א תִתְנַקֵּ֖ם נַפְשִֽׁי׃ ס Shall I not punish for these things?” declares YHWH. “On a nation such as this, shall not My soul take vengeance?   Morphology הַעַל־אֵ֥לֶּה (haʿal-ʾelleh) – Root: אלה; Form: Interrogative … Continue reading →

חֵ֥ץ שֶׂוחט לְשֹׁונָ֖ם מִרְמָ֣ה דִבֵּ֑ר בְּפִ֗יו שָׁלֹ֤ום אֶת־רֵעֵ֨הוּ֙ יְדַבֵּ֔ר וּבְקִרְבֹּ֖ו יָשִׂ֥ים אָרְבֹּֽו׃ A sharpened arrow is their tongue, deceit they speak; with his mouth peace to his fellow he speaks, but inwardly he sets an ambush for him.   Morphology … Continue reading →

לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹ֔ות הִנְנִ֥י צֹורְפָ֖ם וּבְחַנְתִּ֑ים כִּֽי־אֵ֣יךְ אֶעֱשֶׂ֔ה מִפְּנֵ֖י בַּת־עַמִּֽי׃ Therefore thus said YHWH of armies: “Behold, I am refining them and testing them, for how shall I do concerning the daughter of My people?   Morphology לָכֵ֗ן … Continue reading →

שִׁבְתְּךָ֖ בְּתֹ֣וךְ מִרְמָ֑ה בְּמִרְמָ֛ה מֵאֲנ֥וּ דַֽעַת־אֹותִ֖י נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ ס “Your sitting is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they have refused to know Me,” declares YHWH.   Morphology שִׁבְתְּךָ֖ (shivtekha) – Root: ישׁב; Form: Qal infinitive construct with 2nd person … Continue reading →

וְאִ֤ישׁ בְּרֵעֵ֨הוּ֙ יְהָתֵ֔לּוּ וֶאֱמֶ֖ת לֹ֣א יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ לִמְּד֧וּ לְשֹׁונָ֛ם דַּבֶּר־שֶׁ֖קֶר הַעֲוֵ֥ה נִלְאֽוּ׃ And each man deceives his neighbor, and truth they do not speak; they have taught their tongue to speak falsehood; they weary themselves with perverting.   Morphology וְאִ֤ישׁ (veʾish) … Continue reading →

אִ֤ישׁ מֵרֵעֵ֨הוּ֙ הִשָּׁמֵ֔רוּ וְעַל־כָּל־אָ֖ח אַל־תִּבְטָ֑חוּ כִּ֤י כָל־אָח֙ עָקֹ֣וב יַעְקֹ֔ב וְכָל־רֵ֖עַ רָכִ֥יל יַהֲלֹֽךְ׃ Each man beware of his neighbor, and in every brother do not trust; for every brother will surely deceive, and every neighbor walks as a slanderer.   Morphology … Continue reading →

וַֽיַּדְרְכ֤וּ אֶת־לְשֹׁונָם֙ קַשְׁתָּ֣ם שֶׁ֔קֶר וְלֹ֥א לֶאֱמוּנָ֖ה גָּבְר֣וּ בָאָ֑רֶץ כִּי֩ מֵרָעָ֨ה אֶל־רָעָ֧ה יָצָ֛אוּ וְאֹתִ֥י לֹֽא־יָדָ֖עוּ נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ ס “And they bent their tongue as their bow for falsehood, and not for faithfulness did they prevail in the land, for from evil to … Continue reading →

מִֽי־יִתְּנֵ֣נִי בַמִּדְבָּ֗ר מְלֹון֙ אֹֽרְחִ֔ים וְאֶֽעֶזְבָה֙ אֶת־עַמִּ֔י וְאֵלְכָ֖ה מֵֽאִתָּ֑ם כִּ֤י כֻלָּם֙ מְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים עֲצֶ֖רֶת בֹּגְדִֽים׃ Who would give me in the wilderness a lodging-place of travelers, that I might leave my people and go from them? For they are all adulterers, a … Continue reading →

מִֽי־יִתֵּ֤ן רֹאשִׁי֙ מַ֔יִם וְעֵינִ֖י מְקֹ֣ור דִּמְעָ֑ה וְאֶבְכֶּה֙ יֹומָ֣ם וָלַ֔יְלָה אֵ֖ת חַֽלְלֵ֥י בַת־עַמִּֽי׃ Who would give my head water, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my … Continue reading →

הַצֳרִי֙ אֵ֣ין בְּגִלְעָ֔ד אִם־רֹפֵ֖א אֵ֣ין שָׁ֑ם כִּ֗י מַדּ֨וּעַ֙ לֹ֣א עָֽלְתָ֔ה אֲרֻכַ֖ת בַּת־עַמִּֽי׃ Is there no balm in Gilʿad? Is there no healer there? For why has the healing of the daughter of my people not arisen?   Morphology הַצֳרִי (ha-tsori) … Continue reading →

עַל־שֶׁ֥בֶר בַּת־עַמִּ֖י הָשְׁבָּ֑רְתִּי קָדַ֕רְתִּי שַׁמָּ֖ה הֶחֱזִקָֽתְנִי׃ Because of the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am broken; I mourn, horror has gripped me.   Morphology עַל־שֶׁבֶר (ʿal-shever) – Root: שׁבר (shavar); Form: Preposition + noun masculine singular; Translation: … Continue reading →

עָבַ֥ר קָצִ֖יר כָּ֣לָה קָ֑יִץ וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ לֹ֥וא נֹושָֽׁעְנוּ׃ “The harvest has passed, the summer is ended, but we have not been saved.”   Morphology עָבַר (ʿavar) – Root: עבר (ʿavar); Form: Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “has passed”; Notes: … Continue reading →

הִנֵּה־קֹ֞ול שַֽׁוְעַ֣ת בַּת־עַמִּ֗י מֵאֶ֨רֶץ֙ מַרְחַקִּ֔ים הַֽיהוָה֙ אֵ֣ין בְּצִיֹּ֔ון אִם־מַלְכָּ֖הּ אֵ֣ין בָּ֑הּ מַדּ֗וּעַ הִכְעִס֛וּנִי בִּפְסִלֵיהֶ֖ם בְּהַבְלֵ֥י נֵכָֽר׃ Behold, the sound of the cry of the daughter of My people from a distant land: “Is YHWH not in Tsiyyon? Is her King … Continue reading →

מַבְלִ֥יגִיתִ֖י עֲלֵ֣י יָגֹ֑ון עָלַ֖י לִבִּ֥י דַוָּֽי׃ Have I held back from grief? My heart is faint within me.   Morphology מַבְלִיגִיתִי (mavligiti) – Root: בלג (balag); Form: Hiphil perfect 1st person common singular; Translation: “Have I restrained” or “held back”; … Continue reading →

כִּי֩ הִנְנִ֨י מְשַׁלֵּ֜חַ בָּכֶ֗ם נְחָשִׁים֙ צִפְעֹנִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֵין־לָהֶ֖ם לָ֑חַשׁ וְנִשְּׁכ֥וּ אֶתְכֶ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ ס For behold, I am sending among you serpents, vipers which cannot be charmed, and they shall bite you,” declares YHWH.   Morphology כִּי (ki) – Root: —; … Continue reading →

מִדָּ֤ן נִשְׁמַע֙ נַחְרַ֣ת סוּסָ֗יו מִקֹּול֙ מִצְהֲלֹ֣ות אַבִּירָ֔יו רָעֲשָׁ֖ה כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיָּבֹ֗ואוּ וַיֹּֽאכְלוּ֙ אֶ֣רֶץ וּמְלֹואָ֔הּ עִ֖יר וְיֹ֥שְׁבֵי בָֽהּ׃ ס “From Dan is heard the snorting of his horses; at the sound of the neighing of his mighty ones the whole land trembles. … Continue reading →