19. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Jeremiah 11:19:1 ⧉וַאֲנִ֕יvaaniand I Jeremiah 11:19:2 ⧉כְּכֶ֥בֶשׂkekheveslike a lamb Jeremiah 11:19:3 ⧉אַלּ֖וּףaluftame or gentle Jeremiah 11:19:4 ⧉יוּבַ֣לyuvalis led Jeremiah 11:19:5 ⧉לִטְב֑וֹחַlitvoakhto slaughter Jeremiah 11:19:6 ⧉וְלֹֽא־יָדַ֜עְתִּיveloyadateand I did not know Jeremiah 11:19:7 ⧉כִּֽי־עָלַ֣יkialaithat against me Jeremiah 11:19:8 ⧉חָשְׁב֣וּkhashevuthey devised Jeremiah 11:19:9 ⧉מַחֲשָׁב֗וֹתmakhashavotplans or schemes Jeremiah 11:19:10 ⧉נַשְׁחִ֨יתָהnashkhitalet us destroy Jeremiah 11:19:11 ⧉עֵ֤ץetsa tree Jeremiah 11:19:12 ⧉בְּלַחְמוֹ֙belakhmowith its bread or with its fruit Jeremiah 11:19:13 ⧉וְנִכְרְתֶ֙נּוּ֙venikhretenuand let us cut him off Jeremiah 11:19:14 ⧉מֵאֶ֣רֶץmeeretsfrom the land of Jeremiah 11:19:15 ⧉חַיִּ֔יםkhayimthe living Jeremiah 11:19:16 ⧉וּשְׁמ֖וֹushemoand his name Jeremiah 11:19:17 ⧉לֹֽא־יִזָּכֵ֥רloyizzakherwill not be remembered Jeremiah 11:19:18 ⧉עֽוֹד׃odagain or any more |
19. Formal Translation But I was like a tame lamb being led to the slaughter, and I did not know that they had devised plans against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its bread, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name will no longer be remembered.” |
19. Dynamic Translation I felt like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter, unaware that they were plotting against me, saying, “Let us wipe out the tree with its food, and cut him off from the land of the living so his name will never be remembered again.” |