Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #305943

OSHB Jer 4:22 נְבוֹנִים (nəⱱōnīm) Strongs=995 Lemma=‘בִּין’
contextual word gloss=‘[are]_having_understanding’ word gloss=‘understanding’
Morphology=VNsmpa PoS=niphal_verb Type=passive_participle Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute
Year=-612 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Jeremiah

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Only use of identical word form ‘נְבוֹנִים’ (Morphology=VNsmpa PoS=niphal_verb Type=passive_participle Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘נְבוֹנִים’ (Morphology=VNsmpa PoS=niphal_verb Type=passive_participle Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘[are]_having_understanding’.

JER 4:22 contextual word gloss=‘[are]_having_understanding’ word gloss=‘understanding’ OSHB JER 4:22 word 11

OET-LV: 22 if/because is_a _fool people _of_my me not they _know are_children fools they and_not are_having _understanding they are_skillful they to_do _evil and_to_do _good not they _know. (JER_4:22)

OET-RV: 22 Yes, my people are foolish—they don’t know me.
⇔ ≈ They’re like stupid children who don’t understand anything.
⇔ They’ve very clever at doing what’s evil
⇔ ≈ and they don’t know how to do what’s good. (JER 4:22)