Jeremiah 49:20
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.”
חָשַׁב
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
נָוֶה
pastureland/ their
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נָוֶה
(adjectively) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of God (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild animals (den)
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שָׁמַע
hear
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שָׁמַע
To hear, to listen, to obey. Shema. Hear O Israel. In Hebrew to truly hear means to obey. God is looking for those who hear with the intention to do.
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יָשַׁב
the inhabitants of
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יָשַׁב
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
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עַל
on/ them
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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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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שָׁמֵם
he will devastate
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שָׁמֵם
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
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תֵּימָן
Teman
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תֵּימָן
Teman, the name of two Edomites, and of the region and descendant of one of them
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צָעִיר
the young ones of
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צָעִיר
little; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignoble
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יָעַץ
he has planned
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יָעַץ
to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve
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עֵצָה
the plan of
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עֵצָה
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
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סָחַב
people will drag away/ them
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סָחַב
people will drag away/ them
to trail along
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