Author Archives: Nevi’im

הַגִּ֥ידוּ זֹ֖את בְּבֵ֣ית יַעֲקֹ֑ב וְהַשְׁמִיע֥וּהָ בִיהוּדָ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר׃ “Declare this in the house of Yaʿaqov, and cause it to be heard in Yehuda, saying,   Morphology הַגִּידוּ (haggidu) – Root: נגד; Form: Hifil imperative masculine plural; Translation: “Declare”; Notes: Command to … Continue reading →

וְהָיָה֙ כִּ֣י תֹאמְר֔וּ תַּ֣חַת מֶ֗ה עָשָׂ֨ה יְהֹוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ לָ֖נוּ אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֑לֶּה וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר עֲזַבְתֶּ֤ם אֹותִי֙ וַתַּעַבְד֞וּ אֱלֹהֵ֤י נֵכָר֙ בְּאַרְצְכֶ֔ם כֵּ֚ן תַּעַבְד֣וּ זָרִ֔ים בְּאֶ֖רֶץ לֹ֥א לָכֶֽם׃ ס And it shall be, when you say, ‘For what reason has YHWH our God … Continue reading →

וְגַ֛ם בַּיָּמִ֥ים הָהֵ֖מָּה נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֑ה לֹֽא־אֶעֱשֶׂ֥ה אִתְּכֶ֖ם כָּלָֽה׃ “And also in those days,” declares YHWH, “I will not make a complete end of you.   Morphology וְגַם (ve-gam) – Root: גם; Form: Conjunction + emphatic particle; Translation: “And also”; Notes: Introduces … Continue reading →

וְאָכַ֨ל קְצִֽירְךָ֜ וְלַחְמֶ֗ךָ יֹאכְלוּ֙ בָּנֶ֣יךָ וּבְנֹותֶ֔יךָ יֹאכַ֤ל צֹאנְךָ֙ וּבְקָרֶ֔ךָ יֹאכַ֥ל גַּפְנְךָ֖ וּתְאֵנָתֶ֑ךָ יְרֹשֵׁ֞שׁ עָרֵ֣י מִבְצָרֶ֗יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתָּ֛ה בֹּוטֵ֥חַ בָּהֵ֖נָּה בֶּחָֽרֶב׃ And your harvest and your bread shall be eaten by your sons and your daughters, your flock and your cattle … Continue reading →

אַשְׁפָּתֹ֖ו כְּקֶ֣בֶר פָּת֑וּחַ כֻּלָּ֖ם גִּבֹּורִֽים׃ His quiver is like an open grave; all of them are warriors.   Morphology אַשְׁפָּתֹ֖ו (ashpato) – Root: אַשְׁפָּה; Form: Noun, feminine singular in construct + 3ms suffix; Translation: “his quiver”; Notes: Refers to the … Continue reading →

הִנְנִ֣י מֵבִיא֩ עֲלֵיכֶ֨ם גֹּ֧וי מִמֶּרְחָ֛ק בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֑ה גֹּ֣וי אֵיתָ֣ן ה֗וּא גֹּ֤וי מֵעֹולָם֙ ה֔וּא גֹּ֚וי לֹא־תֵדַ֣ע לְשֹׁנֹ֔ו וְלֹ֥א תִשְׁמַ֖ע מַה־יְדַבֵּֽר׃ Behold, I am bringing against you a nation from afar, O house of Yisraʾel,” declares YHWH, “a nation enduring it … Continue reading →

לָכֵ֗ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י צְבָאֹ֔ות יַ֚עַן דַּבֶּרְכֶ֔ם אֶת־הַדָּבָ֖ר הַזֶּ֑ה הִנְנִ֣י נֹתֵן֩ דְּבָרַ֨י בְּפִ֜יךָ לְאֵ֗שׁ וְהָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֛ה עֵצִ֖ים וַאֲכָלָֽתַם׃ Therefore thus said YHWH, God of hosts: “Because you speak this word, behold, I am making My words in your mouth fire, … Continue reading →

וְהַנְּבִיאִים֙ יִֽהְי֣וּ לְר֔וּחַ וְהַדִּבֵּ֖ר אֵ֣ין בָּהֶ֑ם כֹּ֥ה יֵעָשֶׂ֖ה לָהֶֽם׃ ס And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them.   Morphology וְהַנְּבִיאִים (ve-ha-neviʾim) – Root: נבא; Form: Conjunction + … Continue reading →

כִּֽחֲשׁוּ֙ בַּיהוָ֔ה וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ לֹא־ה֑וּא וְלֹא־תָבֹ֤וא עָלֵ֨ינוּ֙ רָעָ֔ה וְחֶ֥רֶב וְרָעָ֖ב לֹ֥וא נִרְאֶֽה׃ They have denied YHWH and said, “It is not He! Evil shall not come upon us, and we shall not see sword and famine.”   Morphology כִּֽחֲשׁוּ (kiḥashu) – … Continue reading →

כִּי֩ בָגֹ֨וד בָּגְד֜וּ בִּ֗י בֵּ֧ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל וּבֵ֥ית יְהוּדָ֖ה נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ For treacherously they have dealt against Me, the house of Yisraʾel and the house of Yehuda,” declares YHWH.   Morphology כִּי֩ (ki) – Root: כי; Form: Conjunction; Translation: “For”; Notes: Introduces … Continue reading →

עֲל֤וּ בְשָׁרֹותֶ֨יהָ֙ וְשַׁחֵ֔תוּ וְכָלָ֖ה אַֽל־תַּעֲשׂ֑וּ הָסִ֨ירוּ֙ נְטִ֣ישֹׁותֶ֔יהָ כִּ֛י לֹ֥וא לַיהוָ֖ה הֵֽמָּה׃ Go up through her vine-rows and destroy, but do not make a full end. Remove her tendrils, for they are not to YHWH.   Morphology עֲל֤וּ (ʿalu) – Root: … Continue reading →

הַֽעַל־אֵ֥לֶּה לֹוא־אֶפְקֹ֖ד נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֑ה וְאִם֙ בְּגֹ֣וי אֲשֶׁר־כָּזֶ֔ה לֹ֥א תִתְנַקֵּ֖ם נַפְשִֽׁי׃ ס “Shall I not punish for these things?” declares YHWH, “and on a nation such as this, shall My soul not take vengeance?   Morphology הַֽעַל־אֵ֥לֶּה (haʿal-elleh) – Root: אלה (elleh); … Continue reading →

סוּסִ֥ים מְיֻזָּנִ֖ים מַשְׁכִּ֣ים הָי֑וּ אִ֛ישׁ אֶל־אֵ֥שֶׁת רֵעֵ֖הוּ יִצְהָֽלוּ׃ They were like well-fed stallions; in the morning they neighed, each man at the wife of his neighbor.   Morphology סוּסִ֥ים (susim) – Root: סוס (sus); Form: Noun masculine plural; Translation: “stallions” … Continue reading →

אֵ֤י לָזֹאת֙ אַסְלֹחַ־לָ֔ךְ בָּנַ֣יִךְ עֲזָב֔וּנִי וַיִּשָּׁבְע֖וּ בְּלֹ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים וָאַשְׂבִּ֤עַ אֹותָם֙ וַיִּנְאָ֔פוּ וּבֵ֥ית זֹונָ֖ה יִתְגֹּדָֽדוּ׃ How shall I pardon you for this? Your sons have forsaken Me and have sworn by what is not God. Though I satisfied them, they committed … Continue reading →

עַל־כֵּן֩ הִכָּ֨ם אַרְיֵ֜ה מִיַּ֗עַר זְאֵ֤ב עֲרָבוֹת֙ יְשָׁדְדֵ֔ם נָמֵ֤ר שֹׁקֵד֙ עַל־עָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם כָּל־הַיּוֹצֵ֥א מֵהֵ֖נָּה יִטָּרֵ֑ף כִּ֤י רַבּוּ֙ פִּשְׁעֵיהֶ֔ם עָצְמ֖וּ מְשֻׁבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ Therefore a lion from the forest shall strike them, a wolf of the deserts shall ravage them, a leopard is watching over … Continue reading →

אֵֽלֲכָה־לִּ֤י אֶל־הַגְּדֹלִים֙ וַאֲדַבְּרָ֣ה אֹותָ֔ם כִּ֣י הֵ֗מָּה יָדְעוּ֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ יְהוָ֔ה מִשְׁפַּ֖ט אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם אַ֣ךְ הֵ֤מָּה יַחְדָּו֙ שָׁ֣בְרוּ עֹ֔ל נִתְּק֖וּ מֹוסֵרֹֽות׃ I will go for myself to the great ones and I will speak to them, for they have known the way of … Continue reading →

וַאֲנִ֣י אָמַ֔רְתִּי אַךְ־דַּלִּ֖ים הֵ֑ם נֹואֲל֕וּ כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָדְעוּ֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ יְהוָ֔ה מִשְׁפַּ֖ט אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃ And I said, “Surely they are poor; they have acted foolishly, for they have not known the way of YHWH, the judgment of their God.   Morphology וַאֲנִ֣י … Continue reading →

יְהֹוָ֗ה עֵינֶיךָ֮ הֲלֹ֣וא לֶאֱמוּנָה֒ הִכִּ֤יתָה אֹתָם֙ וְֽלֹא־חָ֔לוּ כִּלִּיתָ֕ם מֵאֲנ֖וּ קַ֣חַת מוּסָ֑ר חִזְּק֤וּ פְנֵיהֶם֙ מִסֶּ֔לַע מֵאֲנ֖וּ לָשֽׁוּב׃ YHWH, Your eyes, are they not toward faithfulness? You struck them, but they felt no pain; You consumed them, yet they refused to receive … Continue reading →

וְאִ֥ם חַי־יְהֹוָ֖ה יֹאמֵ֑רוּ לָכֵ֥ן לַשֶּׁ֖קֶר יִשָּׁבֵֽעוּ׃ And if they say, ‘As YHWH lives,’ surely falsely they swear.   Morphology וְאִ֥ם (ve-im) – Root: אם (ʾim); Form: Conjunction; Translation: “and if”; Notes: Introduces a conditional clause. חַי־יְהֹוָ֖ה (ḥai-YHWH) – Roots: חי … Continue reading →

שֹׁוטְט֞וּ בְּחוּצֹ֣ות יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם וּרְאוּ־נָ֤א וּדְעוּ֙ וּבַקְשׁ֣וּ בִרְחֹובֹותֶ֔יהָ אִם־תִּמְצְא֣וּ אִ֔ישׁ אִם־יֵ֛שׁ עֹשֶׂ֥ה מִשְׁפָּ֖ט מְבַקֵּ֣שׁ אֱמוּנָ֑ה וְאֶסְלַ֖ח לָֽהּ׃ “Roam in the streets of Yerushalayim and see now, and know and seek in her broad places if you can find a man, if … Continue reading →

כִּי֩ קֹ֨ול כְּחֹולָ֜ה שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי צָרָה֙ כְּמַבְכִּירָ֔ה קֹ֧ול בַּת־צִיֹּ֛ון תִּתְיַפֵּ֖חַ תְּפָרֵ֣שׂ כַּפֶּ֑יהָ אֹֽוי־נָ֣א לִ֔י כִּֽי־עָיְפָ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֖י לְהֹרְגִֽים׃ פ For a voice like that of a sick woman I have heard, distress like one bearing her first child, the voice of the … Continue reading →

וְאַתִּי שָׁד֜וּד מַֽה־תַּעֲשִׂ֗י כִּֽי־תִלְבְּשִׁ֨י שָׁנִ֜י כִּי־תַעְדִּ֣י עֲדִי־זָהָ֗ב כִּֽי־תִקְרְעִ֤י בַפּוּךְ֙ עֵינַ֔יִךְ לַשָּׁ֖וְא תִּתְיַפִּ֑י מָאֲסוּ־בָ֥ךְ עֹגְבִ֖ים נַפְשֵׁ֥ךְ יְבַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃ And you, devastated one, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold, though you … Continue reading →

מִקֹּ֨ול פָּרָ֜שׁ וְרֹ֣מֵה קֶ֗שֶׁת בֹּרַ֨חַת֙ כָּל־הָעִ֔יר בָּ֚אוּ בֶּעָבִ֔ים וּבַכֵּפִ֖ים עָל֑וּ כָּל־הָעִ֣יר עֲזוּבָ֔ה וְאֵין־יֹושֵׁ֥ב בָּהֵ֖ן אִֽישׁ׃ From the sound of the horseman and wielder of the bow, every city flees; they have entered into the thickets and gone up among the … Continue reading →

עַל־זֹאת֙ תֶּאֱבַ֣ל הָאָ֔רֶץ וְקָדְר֥וּ הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם מִמָּ֑עַל עַ֤ל כִּי־דִבַּ֨רְתִּי֙ זַמֹּ֔תִי וְלֹ֥א נִחַ֖מְתִּי וְלֹא־אָשׁ֥וּב מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ Because of this the land shall mourn, and the heavens above shall be darkened, because I have spoken, I have purposed, and I have not relented, and … Continue reading →

כִּי־כֹה֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה שְׁמָמָ֥ה תִהְיֶ֖ה כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וְכָלָ֖ה לֹ֥א אֶעֱשֶֽׂה׃ For thus said YHWH: “A desolation shall the whole land become, but a full end I will not make.   Morphology כִּי־כֹה (ki-koh) – Roots: כי (ki), כה (koh); Form: Conjunction … Continue reading →

רָאִ֕יתִי וְהִנֵּ֥ה הַכַּרְמֶ֖ל הַמִּדְבָּ֑ר וְכָל־עָרָ֗יו נִתְּצוּ֙ מִפְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה מִפְּנֵ֖י חֲרֹ֥ון אַפֹּֽו׃ ס I saw, and behold, the Karmel was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down before YHWH, before the burning of His anger.   Morphology רָאִ֕יתִי (raʾiti) … Continue reading →

רָאִ֕יתִי וְהִנֵּ֖ה אֵ֣ין הָאָדָ֑ם וְכָל־עֹ֥וף הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם נָדָֽדוּ׃ I saw, and behold, there was no human, and all the birds of the heavens had fled.   Morphology רָאִ֕יתִי (raʾiti) – Root: ראה (raʾah); Form: Qal perfect 1st person common singular; Translation: … Continue reading →

רָאִ֨יתִי֙ הֶֽהָרִ֔ים וְהִנֵּ֖ה רֹעֲשִׁ֑ים וְכָל־הַגְּבָעֹ֖ות הִתְקַלְקָֽלוּ׃ I saw the mountains, and behold, they were shaking, and all the hills swayed to and fro.   Morphology רָאִ֨יתִי (raʾiti) – Root: ראה (raʾah); Form: Qal perfect 1st person common singular; Translation: “I … Continue reading →

רָאִ֨יתִי֙ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ וְהִנֵּה־תֹ֖הוּ וָבֹ֑הוּ וְאֶל־הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ין אֹורָֽם׃ I saw the land, and behold, it was formless and void; and to the heavens, and there was no light.   Morphology רָאִ֨יתִי (raʾiti) – Root: ראה; Form: Qal perfect 1st person singular; … Continue reading →

  כִּ֣י אֱוִ֣יל עַמִּ֗י אֹותִי֙ לֹ֣א יָדָ֔עוּ בָּנִ֤ים סְכָלִים֙ הֵ֔מָּה וְלֹ֥א נְבֹונִ֖ים הֵ֑מָּה חֲכָמִ֥ים הֵ֨מָּה֙ לְהָרַ֔ע וּלְהֵיטִ֖יב לֹ֥א יָדָֽעוּ׃ “For my people are foolish, me they have not known. They are senseless children, and they are not understanding. Wise are … Continue reading →