Jeremiah 1:11
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.”
דָּבָר
In Hebrew, dabar is not just a word spoken — it is a word that accomplishes something. God's dabar does not return empty. The psalmist says this word is a lamp to his feet — not a floodlight revealing everything ahead, but enough light for the next step. That is faith.
מָה
what?
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מָה
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
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רָאָה
am seeing
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רָאָה
To see, to look, to perceive. Raah. The LORD sees not as man sees. Man looks on the outward appearance but God looks on the heart.
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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מַקֵּל
a branch of
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מַקֵּל
a shoot, i.e. stick (with leaves on, or for walking, striking, guiding, divining)
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שָׁקֵד
an almond tree
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שָׁקֵד
the almond (tree or nut; as being the earliest in bloom)
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יִרְמְיָה
O Jeremiah
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יִרְמְיָה
Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites
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