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Jeremiah 23:8

Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought and led the descendants of the house of Israel up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ Then they will dwell once more in their own land.”
Jeremiah 23:8
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

כִּ֣י אִם־חַי־יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֶעֱלָה֩ וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר הֵבִ֜יא אֶת־זֶ֨רַע בֵּ֤ית יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ צָפ֔וֹנָה וּמִכֹּל֙ הָֽאֲרָצ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִדַּחְתִּ֖ים שָׁ֑ם וְיָשְׁב֖וּ עַל־אַדְמָתָֽם׃ ס

  1. כִּ֣יki“that”
    Particle · from כִּי [אם] · “except” · Strong's H3588B
  2. אִם־'im-“except”
    Particle · from [כִּי] אם · “except” · Strong's H0518B
  3. חַי־chai-“[by] [the] life of”
    Adjective, masculine, singular, construct · from חַי · “alive” · Strong's H2416A
  4. יְהוָ֗הYah.weh“Yahweh”
    Noun, proper name, title · from יהוה · “LORD” · Strong's H3068G
  5. אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sher“who”
    Particle, relative · from אֲשֶׁר · “which” · Strong's H0834A
  6. הֶעֱלָה֩he.'e.Lah“he brought up”
    Verb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from עָלָה · “establish” · Strong's H5927H
  7. וַאֲשֶׁ֨רva.'a.Sher“and who”
    Conjunction + Particle, relative · from אֲשֶׁר · “which” · Strong's H0834A
  8. הֵבִ֜יאhe.Vi'“he brought”
    Verb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from בּוֹא · “bring” · Strong's H0935P
  9. אֶת־'et-“<obj.>”
    Particle, direct object marker · from אֵת · “[Obj.]” · Strong's H0853
  10. זֶ֨רַעZe.ra'“[the] offspring of”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from זֶ֫רַע · “children” · Strong's H2233H
  11. בֵּ֤יתbeit“[the] house of”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from בַּ֫יִת · “home” · Strong's H1004M
  12. יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'El“Israel”
    Noun, proper name of a place · from יִשְׂרָאֵל · “Israel” · Strong's H3478
  13. מֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retz“from a land”
    Preposition + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from אֶ֫רֶץ · “country; planet” · Strong's H0776G
  14. צָפ֔וֹנָהtza.Fo.nah“north -ward”
    Noun, feminine, singular, absolute + Suffix, directional · from צָפוֹן · “north” · Strong's H6828G
  15. וּמִכֹּל֙u.mi.Kol“and from all”
    Conjunction + Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from כֹּל · “all” · Strong's H3605
  16. הָֽאֲרָצ֔וֹתha.'a.ra.Tzot“the lands”
    Definite article + Noun, feminine, plural, absolute · from אֶ֫רֶץ · “country; planet” · Strong's H0776G
  17. אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sher“where”
    Particle, relative · from אֲשֶׁר · “which” · Strong's H0834A
  18. הִדַּחְתִּ֖יםhi.dach.Tim“I banished them”
    Verb, hiphil, perfect, 1st person, common, singular + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from נָדַח · “to banish” · Strong's H5080
  19. שָׁ֑םSham“there”
    Adverb · from שָׁם · “there” · Strong's H8033G
  20. וְיָשְׁב֖וּve.ya.she.Vu“and they will dwell”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural · from יָשַׁב · “to dwell” · Strong's H3427
  21. עַל־'al-“on”
    Preposition · from עַל · “upon” · Strong's H5921A
  22. אַדְמָתָֽם׃ ס'ad.ma.Tam“own land their”
    Noun, feminine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from אֲדָמָה · “soil” · Strong's H0127G
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)