Author Archives: Nevi’im

וְנָתַן֩ מְטַ֨ר זַרְעֲךָ֜ אֲשֶׁר־תִּזְרַ֣ע אֶת־הָאֲדָמָ֗ה וְלֶ֨חֶם֙ תְּבוּאַ֣ת הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה וְהָיָ֥ה דָשֵׁ֖ן וְשָׁמֵ֑ן יִרְעֶ֥ה מִקְנֶ֛יךָ בַּיֹּ֥ום הַה֖וּא כַּ֥ר נִרְחָֽב׃ And He will give rain for your seed with which you sow the ground, and bread of the produce of the ground, and … Continue reading →

וְטִמֵּאתֶ֗ם אֶת־צִפּוּי֙ פְּסִילֵ֣י כַסְפֶּ֔ךָ וְאֶת־אֲפֻדַּ֖ת מַסֵּכַ֣ת זְהָבֶ֑ךָ תִּזְרֵם֙ כְּמֹ֣ו דָוָ֔ה צֵ֖א תֹּ֥אמַר לֹֽו׃ And you shall defile the plating of your silver idols and the overlay of your molten gold image; you shall cast them away like a menstruous thing. … Continue reading →

וְאָזְנֶ֨יךָ֙ תִּשְׁמַ֣עְנָה דָבָ֔ר מֵֽאַחֲרֶ֖יךָ לֵאמֹ֑ר זֶ֤ה הַדֶּ֨רֶךְ֙ לְכ֣וּ בֹ֔ו כִּ֥י תַאֲמִ֖ינוּ וְכִ֥י תַשְׂמְאִֽילוּ׃ And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn … Continue reading →

וְנָתַ֨ן לָכֶ֧ם אֲדֹנָ֛י לֶ֥חֶם צָ֖ר וּמַ֣יִם לָ֑חַץ וְלֹֽא־יִכָּנֵ֥ף עֹוד֙ מֹורֶ֔יךָ וְהָי֥וּ עֵינֶ֖יךָ רֹאֹ֥ות אֶת־מֹורֶֽיךָ׃ And the Lord will give you bread of distress and water of oppression, and your teachers shall no longer be hidden, but your eyes shall see … Continue reading →

כִּי־עַ֛ם בְּצִיֹּ֥ון יֵשֵׁ֖ב בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם בָּכֹ֣ו לֹֽא־תִבְכֶּ֗ה חָנֹ֤ון יָחְנְךָ֙ לְקֹ֣ול זַעֲקֶ֔ךָ כְּשָׁמְעָתֹ֖ו עָנָֽךְ׃ For a people shall dwell in Tsiyyon, in Yerushalayim; you shall not weep in weeping. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry, … Continue reading →

וְלָכֵ֞ן יְחַכֶּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לַֽחֲנַנְכֶ֔ם וְלָכֵ֥ן יָר֖וּם לְרַֽחֶמְכֶ֑ם כִּֽי־אֱלֹהֵ֤י מִשְׁפָּט֙ יְהוָ֔ה אַשְׁרֵ֖י כָּל־חֹ֥וכֵי לֹֽו׃ ס And therefore YHWH will wait to be gracious to you, and therefore He will be exalted to have compassion on you; for YHWH is a God … Continue reading →

אֶ֣לֶף אֶחָ֗ד מִפְּנֵי֙ גַּעֲרַ֣ת אֶחָ֔ד מִפְּנֵ֛י גַּעֲרַ֥ת חֲמִשָּׁ֖ה תָּנֻ֑סוּ עַ֣ד אִם־נֹותַרְתֶּ֗ם כַּתֹּ֨רֶן֙ עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ הָהָ֔ר וְכַנֵּ֖ס עַל־הַגִּבְעָֽה׃ A thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one, at the rebuke of five you shall flee, until you are left like a pole … Continue reading →

וַתֹּ֨אמְר֥וּ לֹא־כִ֛י עַל־ס֥וּס נָנ֖וּס עַל־כֵּ֣ן תְּנוּס֑וּן וְעַל־קַ֣ל נִרְכָּ֔ב עַל־כֵּ֖ן יִקַּ֥לּוּ רֹדְפֵיכֶֽם׃ But you said, “No, for on a horse we will flee!” Therefore you shall flee. “And on swift ones we will ride!” Therefore your pursuers shall be swift.   … Continue reading →

כִּ֣י כֹֽה־אָמַר֩ אֲדֹנָ֨י יְהוִ֜ה קְדֹ֣ושׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל בְּשׁוּבָ֤ה וָנַ֨חַת֙ תִּוָּ֣שֵׁע֔וּן בְּהַשְׁקֵט֙ וּבְבִטְחָ֔ה תִּֽהְיֶ֖ה גְּבֽוּרַתְכֶ֑ם וְלֹ֖א אֲבִיתֶֽם׃ For thus said the Lord YHWH, the Holy One of Yisraʾel, “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall … Continue reading →

וּ֠שְׁבָרָהּ כְּשֵׁ֨בֶר נֵ֧בֶל יֹוצְרִ֛ים כָּת֖וּת לֹ֣א יַחְמֹ֑ל וְלֹֽא־יִמָּצֵ֤א בִמְכִתָּתֹו֙ חֶ֔רֶשׂ לַחְתֹּ֥ות אֵשׁ֙ מִיָּק֔וּד וְלַחְשֹׂ֥ף מַ֖יִם מִגֶּֽבֶא׃ פ And its shattering shall be like the shattering of a potter’s vessel, crushed—he will not spare—so that there will not be found among … Continue reading →

לָכֵ֗ן יִֽהְיֶ֤ה לָכֶם֙ הֶעָוֹ֣ן הַזֶּ֔ה כְּפֶ֣רֶץ נֹפֵ֔ל נִבְעֶ֖ה בְּחֹומָ֣ה נִשְׂגָּבָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר־פִּתְאֹ֥ם לְפֶ֖תַע יָבֹ֥וא שִׁבְרָֽהּ׃ therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a falling breach, bulging in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant.   Morphology לָכֵ֗ן … Continue reading →

לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ קְדֹ֣ושׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יַ֥עַן מָֽאָסְכֶ֖ם בַּדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וַֽתִּבְטְחוּ֙ בְּעֹ֣שֶׁק וְנָלֹ֔וז וַתִּֽשָּׁעֲנ֖וּ עָלָֽיו׃ Therefore thus said the Holy One of Yisraʾel, “Because you have rejected this word and trusted in oppression and crookedness, and you have relied on it, … Continue reading →

ס֚וּרוּ מִנֵּי־דֶ֔רֶךְ הַטּ֖וּ מִנֵּי־אֹ֑רַח הַשְׁבִּ֥יתוּ מִפָּנֵ֖ינוּ אֶת־קְדֹ֥ושׁ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ ס Turn aside from the way! Deviate from the path! Cause the Holy One of Yisraʾel to cease from before us!”   Morphology ס֚וּרוּ (suru) – Root: סור; Form: Qal imperative 2nd … Continue reading →

אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָמְר֤וּ לָֽרֹאִים֙ לֹ֣א תִרְא֔וּ וְלַ֣חֹזִ֔ים לֹ֥א תֶחֱזוּ־לָ֖נוּ נְכֹחֹ֑ות דַּבְּרוּ־לָ֣נוּ חֲלָקֹ֔ות חֲז֖וּ מַהֲתַלֹּֽות׃ Who say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to the visionaries, “Do not behold for us what is right; speak to us smooth things, see delusions. … Continue reading →

כִּ֣י עַ֤ם מְרִי֙ ה֔וּא בָּנִ֖ים כֶּחָשִׁ֑ים בָּנִ֕ים לֹֽא־אָב֥וּ שְׁמֹ֖ועַ תֹּורַ֥ת יְהוָֽה׃ For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children who are not willing to hear the instruction of YHWH.   Morphology כִּ֣י (ki) – Root: כי; Form: Conjunction; Translation: … Continue reading →

עַתָּ֗ה בֹּ֣וא כָתְבָ֥הּ עַל־ל֛וּחַ אִתָּ֖ם וְעַל־סֵ֣פֶר חֻקָּ֑הּ וּתְהִי֙ לְיֹ֣ום אַחֲרֹ֔ון לָעַ֖ד עַד־עֹולָֽם׃ Now come, write it on a tablet with them and inscribe it in a scroll, that it may be for the last day, forever, unto eternity.   Morphology … Continue reading →

וּמִצְרַ֕יִם הֶ֥בֶל וָרִ֖יק יַעְזֹ֑רוּ לָכֵן֙ קָרָ֣אתִי לָזֹ֔את רַ֥הַב הֵ֖ם שָֽׁבֶת׃ And Mitsrayim is vanity and emptiness; they will help. Therefore I have called this: “Rahav—They sit still.”   Morphology וּמִצְרַ֕יִם (u-Mitsrayim) – Root: מצרים; Form: Conjunction + proper noun; Translation: … Continue reading →

מַשָּׂ֖א בַּהֲמֹ֣ות נֶ֑גֶב בְּאֶרֶץ֩ צָרָ֨ה וְצוּקָ֜ה לָבִ֧יא וָלַ֣יִשׁ מֵהֶ֗ם אֶפְעֶה֙ וְשָׂרָ֣ף מְעֹופֵ֔ף יִשְׂאוּ֩ עַל־כֶּ֨תֶף עֲיָרִ֜ים חֵֽילֵהֶ֗ם וְעַל־דַּבֶּ֤שֶׁת גְּמַלִּים֙ אֹֽוצְרֹתָ֔ם עַל־עַ֖ם לֹ֥א יֹועִֽילוּ׃ Burden of the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of distress and hardship, lion and lioness, viper … Continue reading →

כֹּ֣ל הַבָּאֵ֗שׁ עַל־עַ֖ם לֹא־יֹועִ֣ילוּ לָ֑מֹו לֹ֤א לְעֵ֨זֶר֙ וְלֹ֣א לְהֹועִ֔יל כִּ֥י לְבֹ֖שֶׁת וְגַם־לְחֶרְפָּֽה׃ ס All shall become loathsome over a people who will not profit them, neither for help nor for benefit, but for shame and also for reproach.   Morphology … Continue reading →

כִּֽי־הָי֥וּ בְצֹ֖עַן שָׂרָ֑יו וּמַלְאָכָ֖יו חָנֵ֥ס יַגִּֽיעוּ׃ For his princes were in Tsoʿan, and his messengers reached Ḥanes.   Morphology כִּֽי־ (ki) – Root: כי; Form: Conjunction; Translation: “For”; Notes: Introduces a causal or explanatory clause. הָי֥וּ (hayu) – Root: היה; … Continue reading →

וְהָיָ֥ה לָכֶ֛ם מָעֹ֥וז פַּרְעֹ֖ה לְבֹ֑שֶׁת וְהֶחָס֥וּת בְּצֵל־מִצְרַ֖יִם לִכְלִמָּֽה׃ And the stronghold of Parʿo shall become to you for shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Mitsrayim for humiliation.   Morphology וְהָיָ֥ה (ve-hayah) – Root: היה; Form: Conjunction + Qal … Continue reading →

הַהֹלְכִים֙ לָרֶ֣דֶת מִצְרַ֔יִם וּפִ֖י לֹ֣א שָׁאָ֑לוּ לָעֹוז֙ בְּמָעֹ֣וז פַּרְעֹ֔ה וְלַחְסֹ֖ות בְּצֵ֥ל מִצְרָֽיִם׃ Those who go down to Mitsrayim, but My mouth they did not consult, to seek refuge in the stronghold of Parʿo and to take shelter in the shadow … Continue reading →

הֹ֣וי בָּנִ֤ים סֹֽורְרִים֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה לַעֲשֹׂ֤ות עֵצָה֙ וְלֹ֣א מִנִּ֔י וְלִנְסֹ֥ךְ מַסֵּכָ֖ה וְלֹ֣א רוּחִ֑י לְמַ֛עַן סְפֹ֥ות חַטָּ֖את עַל־חַטָּֽאת׃ Woe to rebellious children, declares YHWH, to carry out counsel, but not from Me; and to pour out a libation, but not of My … Continue reading →

וְיָדְע֥וּ תֹֽעֵי־ר֖וּחַ בִּינָ֑ה וְרֹוגְנִ֖ים יִלְמְדוּ־לֶֽקַח׃ And those who err in spirit shall understand, and murmurers shall learn instruction.   Morphology וְיָדְע֥וּ (ve-yadʿu) – Root: ידע; Form: Conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd person masculine plural; Translation: “and they shall know”; Notes: … Continue reading →

כִּ֣י בִ֠רְאֹתֹו יְלָדָ֞יו מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָדַ֛י בְּקִרְבֹּ֖ו יַקְדִּ֣ישֽׁוּ שְׁמִ֑י וְהִקְדִּ֨ישׁוּ֙ אֶת־קְדֹ֣ושׁ יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב וְאֶת־אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יַעֲרִֽיצוּ׃ For when he sees his children, the work of My hands, in his midst, they shall sanctify My name, and they shall sanctify the Holy One … Continue reading →

לָכֵ֗ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב אֲשֶׁ֥ר פָּדָ֖ה אֶת־אַבְרָהָ֑ם לֹֽא־עַתָּ֤ה יֵבֹושׁ֙ יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב וְלֹ֥א עַתָּ֖ה פָּנָ֥יו יֶחֱוָֽרוּ׃ Therefore thus said YHWH to the house of Yaʿaqov, who redeemed Avraham: Now Yaʿaqov shall not be ashamed, and now his face shall not grow … Continue reading →

מַחֲטִיאֵ֤י אָדָם֙ בְּדָבָ֔ר וְלַמֹּוכִ֥יחַ בַּשַּׁ֖עַר יְקֹשׁ֑וּן וַיַּטּ֥וּ בַתֹּ֖הוּ צַדִּֽיק׃ ס Those who make a man sin by a word, and lay a snare for the one who rebukes in the gate, and they turn aside the righteous with emptiness.   … Continue reading →

כִּֽי־אָפֵ֥ס עָרִ֖יץ וְכָ֣לָה לֵ֑ץ וְנִכְרְת֖וּ כָּל־שֹׁ֥קְדֵי אָֽוֶן׃ For the ruthless one has come to an end, and the scorner is finished, and all who watch for iniquity shall be cut off.   Morphology כִּֽי־ (ki) – Root: כי; Form: Conjunction; … Continue reading →

וְיָסְפ֧וּ עֲנָוִ֛ים בַּֽיהוָ֖ה שִׂמְחָ֑ה וְאֶבְיֹונֵ֣י אָדָ֔ם בִּקְדֹ֥ושׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יָגִֽילוּ׃ And the humble shall increase their joy in YHWH, and the needy of mankind shall rejoice in the Holy One of Yisraʾel.   Morphology וְיָסְפ֧וּ (ve-yasfu) – Root: יסף; Form: Qal … Continue reading →

וְשָׁמְע֧וּ בַיֹּום־הַה֛וּא הַחֵרְשִׁ֖ים דִּבְרֵי־סֵ֑פֶר וּמֵאֹ֣פֶל וּמֵחֹ֔שֶׁךְ עֵינֵ֥י עִוְרִ֖ים תִּרְאֶֽינָה׃ And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of a scroll, and out of gloom and out of darkness the eyes of the blind shall see.   Morphology וְשָׁמְע֧וּ … Continue reading →