Jeremiah
Chapter 29
Verse 28
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Jeremiah 29

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28 For he has sent to us in Babylon saying, The time will be long: go on building houses and living in them, and planting gardens and using the fruit of them.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Jeremiah 29:28. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 72
Editorial Notes 1
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

כִּ֣י עַל־כֵּ֞ן שָׁלַ֥ח אֵלֵ֛ינוּ בָּבֶ֥ל לֵאמֹ֖ר אֲרֻכָּ֣ה הִ֑יא בְּנ֤וּ בָתִּים֙ וְשֵׁ֔בוּ וְנִטְע֣וּ גַנּ֔וֹת וְאִכְל֖וּ אֶת־פְּרִיהֶֽן׃

17 word entries
כִּ֣י
Lemma
3588 c
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3588
Occurrences
10
עַל
Lemma
5921 b
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5921
Occurrences
11
כֵּ֞ן
Lemma
3651 b
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H3651
Occurrences
10
שָׁלַ֥ח
Lemma
7971
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7971
Occurrences
405
אֵלֵ֛ינוּ
Lemma
413
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H413
Occurrences
5170
בָּבֶ֥ל
Lemma
894
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H894
Occurrences
231
לֵאמֹ֖ר
Lemma
l/559
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb qal infinitive construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H559
Occurrences
936
אֲרֻכָּ֣ה
Lemma
752
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H752
Occurrences
3
הִ֑יא
Lemma
1931
Morphology
Hebrew: pronoun
Part of Speech
pronoun
Strong's
H1931
Occurrences
1188
בְּנ֤וּ
Lemma
1129
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperative 2rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1129
Occurrences
171
בָתִּים֙
Lemma
1004 b
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1004
Occurrences
1121
וְשֵׁ֔בוּ
Lemma
c/3427
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal imperative 2rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3427
Occurrences
324
וְנִטְע֣וּ
Lemma
c/5193
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal imperative 2rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H5193
Occurrences
25
גַנּ֔וֹת
Lemma
1593
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine plural absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1593
Occurrences
6
וְאִכְל֖וּ
Lemma
c/398
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal imperative 2rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H398
Occurrences
240
אֶת
Lemma
853
Morphology
Hebrew: particle direct object marker
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H853
Occurrences
8730
פְּרִיהֶֽן
Lemma
6529
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6529
Occurrences
79
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܡܛܠ ܕܗܐ ܫܠܚ ܠܢ ܠܒܒܠ ܕܢܘܓܪܐ ܗܘܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܬܡܢ ܒܢܘ ܒ̈ܬܐ ܘܬܒܘ ܘܨܘܒܘ ܓܢ̈ܐ ܘܐܟܘܠܘ ܦܐܪ̈ܝܗܝܢ

16 word entries
ܡܛܠ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܡܛܠ
Transliteration
mtl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2606
ܕܗܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܕܗܐ
Transliteration
dh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
98
ܫܠܚ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܫܠܚ
Transliteration
shlh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
7
ܠܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܠܢ
Transliteration
ln
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
322
ܠܒܒܠ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
lbbl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
56
ܕܢܘܓܪܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
dnwgr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
2
ܗܘܝܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
hwyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
68
ܐܢܬܘܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
'ntwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
350
ܬܡܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܬܡܢ
Transliteration
tmn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
459
ܒܢܘ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܒܢܘ
Transliteration
bnw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
7
ܒ̈ܬܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܒܬܐ
Transliteration
bt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
38
ܘܬܒܘ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
wtbw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
6
ܘܨܘܒܘ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
wswbw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
3
ܓܢ̈ܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܓܢܐ
Transliteration
gn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
3
ܘܐܟܘܠܘ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
w'kwlw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
6
ܦܐܪ̈ܝܗܝܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
p'ryhyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
3
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.

Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.

אֲרֵי עַל כֵּן שְׁלַח לְוָתָנָא לְבָבֶל לְמֵימָר אֲרִיכָא הִיא בְנוֹ בָתִּין וְתִיבוּ וְצוּבוּ גַנִין וֶאֱכוּלוּ יַת אִבְּהוֹן׃

17 word entries
אֲרֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ארי
Transliteration
'ry
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1969
עַל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
על
Transliteration
'l
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
on, upon, against, concerning
Occurrences
3568
כֵּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
כן
Transliteration
kn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
422
שְׁלַח
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
שלח
Transliteration
shlch
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
239
לְוָתָנָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lwtn'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
24
לְבָבֶל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
בבל
Transliteration
lbbl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
281
לְמֵימָר
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
אמר
Transliteration
lmymr
Morphology
prefixed preposition ל + speech root/form
Gloss
to/for to say, saying
Occurrences
3728
אֲרִיכָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'ryk'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
2
הִיא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
היא
Transliteration
hy'
Morphology
personal/demonstrative pronoun
Gloss
she, it
Occurrences
241
בְנוֹ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
בנו
Transliteration
bnw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
32
בָתִּין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
תין
Transliteration
btyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
22
וְתִיבוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wtybw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
7
וְצוּבוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wtswbw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
5
גַנִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
gnyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
4
וֶאֱכוּלוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
w'kwlw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
9
יַת
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
ית
Transliteration
yt
Morphology
accusative/direct object marker
Gloss
direct object marker
Occurrences
4303
אִבְּהוֹן׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'bhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
2
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Quia super hoc misit in Babylonem ad nos, dicens: Longum est: ædificate domos, et habitate: et plantate hortos, et comedite fructus eorum.

22 word entries
quia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quia
Transliteration
quia
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2543
super
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
super
Transliteration
super
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3146
hoc
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
hic
Transliteration
hoc
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4646
misit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mitto
Transliteration
misit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1165
ad
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ad
Transliteration
ad
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
7531
nos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nos
Transliteration
nos
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1585
in
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
in
Transliteration
in
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Gloss
in
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
in, into, among, on
Etymology
Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
Occurrences
22264
Babylonem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Babylon
Transliteration
Babylonem
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
271
dicens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dicens
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
longum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
longus
Transliteration
longum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
42
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
aedificate
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
aedificate
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
449
domos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
domus
Transliteration
domos
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1989
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
habitate
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
habito
Transliteration
habitate
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
650
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
plantate
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
plantate
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
4
hortos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
hortus
Transliteration
hortos
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
39
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
comedite
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
comedo
Transliteration
comedite
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
528
fructum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
fructus
Transliteration
fructum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
224
eorum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eorum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
Spirit Nation Greek LXX Alignment Note English · Greek Septuagint Structure · Spirit Nation Editorial Note

Coverage: Source-structure exceptions

Explains reader references where the imported tradition does not align one-to-one.

Editorial alignment note: The Greek Septuagint tradition often follows different ordering, grouping, or book structure here. Reader-side public-domain text for this reference: "For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them." This panel is a study bridge only, not a replacement for an ancient source witness.

Source verse imported. Word-by-word lemma, morphology, gloss, and lexicon entries have not been attached for this language/source yet.

Source availability notes

These notes explain relevant source panels that are not shown for this verse because of source coverage, licensing, alternate traditions, or versification structure.

  • Greek LXX alternate structure

    Greek Jeremiah follows a shorter and differently ordered Septuagint tradition, so some Hebrew/English verse numbers do not have a one-to-one Greek panel.

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Jeremiah 29:5

Go on building houses and living in them, and planting gardens and using the fruit of them;

5 relevance votes

Jeremiah 29:10

For this is what the Lord has said: When seventy years are ended for Babylon, I will have pity on you and give effect to my good purpose for you, causing you to come back to this place.

2 relevance votes

Jeremiah 29:1

Now these are the words of the letter which Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the responsible men among those who had been taken away, and to the priests and the prophets and to all the rest of the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken away prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylon;

2 relevance votes
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