Hebrew Interlinear

Jeremiah 12:16 Interlinear

And it shall come to pass if they will diligently And it shall come to pass if they will diligently the ways my people to swear by my name liveth The LORD And it shall come to pass if they will diligently my people to swear by Baal then shall they be built in the midst my people

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְהָיָ֡הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2אִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
3לִמְּדוּ֙H3925And it shall come to pass if they will diligentlyproperly, to goad, i.e., (by implication) to teach (the rod being an middle eastern incentive)
4לִמְּדוּ֙H3925And it shall come to pass if they will diligentlyproperly, to goad, i.e., (by implication) to teach (the rod being an middle eastern incentive)
5אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
6דַּֽרְכֵ֨יH1870the waysa road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
7עַמִּֽי׃H5971my peoplea people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
8לְהִשָּׁבֵ֖עַH7650to swearto seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
9בִּשְׁמִי֙H8034by my namean appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
10חַיH2416livethalive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
11יְהוָ֔הH3068The LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
12כַּאֲשֶׁ֤רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
13לִמְּדוּ֙H3925And it shall come to pass if they will diligentlyproperly, to goad, i.e., (by implication) to teach (the rod being an middle eastern incentive)
14אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
15עַמִּֽי׃H5971my peoplea people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
16לְהִשָּׁבֵ֖עַH7650to swearto seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
17בַּבָּ֑עַלH1168by Baalbaal, a phoenician deity
18וְנִבְנ֖וּH1129then shall they be builtto build (literally and figuratively)
19בְּת֥וֹךְH8432in the midsta bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center
20עַמִּֽי׃H5971my peoplea people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

Verse Context

Jeremiah 12:15 And it shall come to pass after that I have plucked them out I will return and have compassion...
Jeremiah 12:16 (current) And it shall come to pass if they will diligently And it shall come to pass if they will diligently the ways my people to swear by my name liveth The LORD And it shall come to pass if they will diligently my people to swear by Baal then shall they be built in the midst my people
Jeremiah 12:17 But if they will not obey I will utterly that nation...

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