Hebrew Interlinear

Jeremiah 29:28 Interlinear

For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon saying captivity is long This build ye houses and dwell in them and plant gardens and eat the fruit

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1כִּ֣יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
3כֵּ֞ןH3651properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
4שָׁלַ֥חH7971For therefore he sentto send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
5אֵלֵ֛ינוּH413near, with or among; often in general, to
6בָּבֶ֥לH894unto us in Babylonbabel (i.e., babylon), including babylonia and the babylonian empire
7לֵאמֹ֖רH559sayingto say (used with great latitude)
8אֲרֻכָּ֣הH752captivity is longlong
9הִ֑יאH1931Thishe (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
10בְּנ֤וּH1129buildto build (literally and figuratively)
11בָתִּים֙H1004ye housesa house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
12וְשֵׁ֔בוּH3427and dwellproperly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
13וְנִטְע֣וּH5193in them and plantproperly, to strike in, i.e., fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)
14גַנּ֔וֹתH1593gardensa garden
15וְאִכְל֖וּH398and eatto eat (literally or figuratively)
16אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
17פְּרִיהֶֽן׃H6529the fruitfruit (literally or figuratively)

Verse Context

Jeremiah 29:27 Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth...
Jeremiah 29:28 (current) For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon saying captivity is long This build ye houses and dwell in them and plant gardens and eat the fruit
Jeremiah 29:29read And Zephaniah the priest this letter ...

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