Jeremiah 29:6
Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.
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ASV
Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters: and multiply ye there, and be not diminished.
KJV
Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
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19 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| קְח֣וּ | ke.Chu | take | H3947 → |
| נָשִׁ֗ים | na.Shim | wives | H802 → |
| וְהוֹלִידוּ֮ | ve.ho.li.Du | and father | H3205 → |
| בָּנִ֣ים | ba.Nim | sons | H1121 → |
| וּבָנוֹת֒ | u.va.nOt | and daughters | H1323 → |
| וּקְח֨וּ | u.ke.Chu | and take | H3947 → |
| לִבְנֵיכֶ֜ם | liv.nei.Khem | for sons your | H1121 → |
| נָשִׁ֗ים | na.Shim | wives | H802 → |
| וְאֶת־ | ve.'Et | and <obj.> | H853 → |
| בְּנֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ | be.no.tei.Khem | daughters your | H1323 → |
| תְּנ֣וּ | te.Nu | give | H5414 → |
| לַֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים | la.'a.na.Shim | to husbands | H582 → |
| וְתֵלַ֖דְנָה | ve.te.Lad.nah | so they may bear | H3205 → |
| בָּנִ֣ים | ba.Nim | sons | H1121 → |
| וּבָנ֑וֹת | u.va.Not | and daughters | H1323 → |
| וּרְבוּ־ | u.re.vu- | and multiply | H7235 → |
| שָׁ֖ם | sham | there | H8033 → |
| וְאַל־ | ve.'al- | and may not | H408 → |
| תִּמְעָֽטוּ׃ | tim.'A.tu | you diminish | H4591 → |
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