a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a causeיִרְמְיָ֖הוּ
Yirmᵉyâh
Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelitesבֶּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)חִלְקִיָּ֑הוּ
Chilqîyâh
Chilhijah, the name of eight Israelitesמִן
min
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙
kôhên
the — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.בַּעֲנָת֔וֹת
ʻĂnâthôwth
in/with/by — Anathoth, the name of two Israelites, also of a place in Palבְּאֶ֖רֶץ
ʼerets
in/with/by — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)בִּנְיָמִֽן
Binyâmîyn
Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
Jeremiah 1:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, [one] of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,
Jeremiah, a priest from Anathoth, prophesied through the final decades of Judah's kingdom, personally living through Jerusalem's siege, destruction, and exile.
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Today's memory verse · from this session
“The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, [one] of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,”
Jeremiah, a priest from Anathoth, prophesied through the final decades of Judah's kingdom, personally living through Jerusalem's siege, destruction, and exile.