Hebrew Interlinear

Jeremiah 11:5 Interlinear

That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers to give them a land flowing with milk and honey as it is this day Then answered I and said So be it O LORD

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1לְמַעַן֩H4616properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
2הָקִ֨יםH6965That I may performto rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
3אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
4הַשְּׁבוּעָ֜הH7621the oathproperly, something sworn, i.e., an oath
5אֲשֶׁרH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
6נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתִּיH7650which I have swornto seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
7לַאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗םH1unto your fathersfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
8לָתֵ֤תH5414to giveto give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
9לָהֶם֙H1992they (only used when emphatic)
10אֶ֣רֶץH776them a landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
11זָבַ֥תH2100flowingto flow freely (as water), i.e., (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow
12חָלָ֛בH2461with milkmilk (as the richness of kine)
13וּדְבַ֖שׁH1706and honeyhoney (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup
14כַּיּ֣וֹםH3117as it is this daya day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
15הַזֶּ֑הH2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
16וָאַ֥עַןH6030Then answeredproperly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,
17וָאֹמַ֖רH559I and saidto say (used with great latitude)
18אָמֵ֥ן׀H543So be itsure; abstract, faithfulness; adverb, truly
19יְהוָֽה׃H3068O LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

Verse Context

Jeremiah 11:4 Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth...
Jeremiah 11:5 (current) That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers to give them a land flowing with milk and honey as it is this day Then answered I and said So be it O LORD
Jeremiah 11:6said Then the LORD unto me Proclaim ...

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