Jeremiah 36:1-8, 21-23, 27-31

^I {untranslated} = hayah. This is to be or become, to happen.
^II “fourth” = rebii. From the same as arba (four); perhaps from raba (to make something square). This is fourth or square-shaped.
^III “year” = shanah. From shana (to change, alter). This is a year, age, old. It can also mean yearly.

^IV “King” = melek. From malak (to be or become king or queen, to rise to the throne, to be crowned; by implication, to take counsel). This is king or royal.
^V “Jehoiakim” = Yehoyaqim. Related to {untranslated} in v1. From YHVH (proper name of the God of Israel; God, Lord; the self-existent or eternal one); {from havah (to become) or hayah (see note I above)} + qum (to arise, stand, accomplish, establish, abide; rising against, getting up after being sick or asleep, arising from one state to another, becoming powerful, or rising for action; standing in a figurative sense). This is Jehoiakim, which means “the Lord raises up” or “the Lord will set up.” See https://www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Jehoiakim.html
^VI “son” = ben. From banah (to build or obtain children). This is son, age, child. It is son in a literal or figurative sense.

^VII “Josiah” = Yoshiyyah. Related to {untranslated} and “Jehoiakim” in v1. From Yah (the shortened form of the name of the God of Israel; God, Lord); {from YHVH (see note V above)} + asheyah (buttress, pillar) OR ashuyah (foundation); {related to asheyah (see above)} + Yah (see above) OR from yaash (to be desperate, be of no use, be hopeless) + Yah (see above) OR from ashah (to support) + Yah (see above) OR from ishshah (woman, wife, female); {from ish (man); perhaps from enosh (human, humankind, mortal); from anash (to be weak, sick, or frail)} + Yah (see above) OR from ishsheh (offering by fire, burnt offering; can be any sacrifice); {from eshshah (a fire); from esh (fire, burning, flaming, hot; fire in a literal or figurative sense)} + Yah (see above). This is Josiah, meaning “the Lord supports;” “despair of the Lord,” “support of the Lord,” “woman of the Lord,” “fire offering of the Lord,” “given of the Lord,” “the Lord heals,” “the one who the Lord heals,” or “fire made by the Lord.” See https://www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Josiah.html
^VIII “Judah” = Yehudah. Probably from yadah (to throw one’s hands into the air in a gesture of praise); from yad (hand). This is Judah, meaning “praised.”
^IX “word” = dabar. From dabar (to speak, declare, discuss). This is speech, a word, a matter, an affair, charge, command, message, promise, purpose, report, request. It is a word, which implies things that are spoken of in a wide sense.

^X “came” = hayah. Same as {untranslated} in v1. See note I above.
^XI “Jeremiah” = Yirmeyah. Related to {untranslated} and “Jehoiakim” and “Josiah” in v1. From the same as yirmeyah (Jeremiah, “the Lord loosens” or “the Lord will rise”); {from the same as remiyya (slack, idle, lazy, negligent) + Yah (see note VII above)}. This is Jeremiah, meaning “the Lord loosens” or “the Lord will rise.” See https://www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Jeremiah.html
^XII “Lord” = YHVH. Related to {untranslated} and “Jehoiakim” and “Josiah” and “Jeremiah” in v1. See note V above.
^XIII {untranslated} = amar. This is to speak, say, answer, command, promise, report.

^XIV “take” = laqach. This is to take, accept, carry away, receive. It can also have the sense of take a wife or take in marriage.
^XV “scroll” = megillah + sepher. Megillah is from galal (to roll, roll away, wallow, commit, remove; rolling in a literal or figurative sense). This is scroll or volume. Sepher is perhaps from saphar (to tally or record something; to enumerate, recount, number, celebrate, or declare). This can be writing itself or something that is written like a document, book, letter, evidence, bill, scroll, or register.
^XVI “write” = kathab. This is to inscribe, write, record, or decree.
^XVII “all” = kol. From kalal (to complete). This is all or every.
^XVIII “spoken” = dabar. Related to “word” in v1. See note IX above.

^XIX “Israel” = Yisrael. From sarah (to persist, exert oneself, contend, persevere, wrestle, prevail) + El (God or god). This is Israel, meaning God strives or one who strives with God; new name for Jacob and for his offspring. This refers to the people and to the land.
^XX “nations” = goy. From the same root as gevah (the back, person, or body); related to gev (among); related to gaah (to rise up). This is nation or people. Often used to refer to Gentiles or foreign nations. It can also be used figuratively for a group of animals. This is where the Yiddish “goy” comes from.
^XXI “day” = yom. Root may mean being hot. This is the day in a literal or figurative sense. It can also mean birth, age, daylight, continually or other references to time.
^XXII “today” = yom. Same as “day” in v2. See note XXI above.

^XXIII “may be” = ulay. Perhaps from o (or). This is perhaps, if, or suppose.
^XXIV “house” = bayit. Related to “son” in v1. Probably from banah (see note VI above). This is house, court, family, palace, temple.
^XXV “hears” = shama. This is to hear, call, consent, or consider. It implies listening intelligently, giving attention, and, because of these two factors, obedience and action are often implied.
^XXVI “disasters” = ra’. From ra’a’ (to be evil, bad, afflict; properly, to spoil – to destroy by breaking into pieces; figuratively, to cause something to be worthless; this is bad in a physical, social, or moral sense; that which displeases, to do harm or mischief, to punish or vex). This is bad, disagreeable, that which causes pain, misery, something having little or no value, something that is ethically bad, wicked, injury, calamity. This refers to anything that is not what it ought to be – a natural disaster, a disfigurement, an injury, a sin.

^XXVII “intend” = chashab. This is properly to braid or interpenetrate. Literally it is to create or to wear. Figuratively, it can mean plotting – generally in a negative sense. More broadly, this can also mean think, consider, or make account of.
^XXVIII “do” = asah. This is to make, do, act, appoint, become in many senses.
^XXIX {untranslated} = maan. From anah (to answer, respond, announce, sing, shout, or testify; to pay attention, which implies responding and, by extension, starting to talk; singing, shouting, testifying, etc.). This is because of, occurring because of a motive or purpose.

^XXX “all” = ish. Related to “Josiah” in v1. See note VII above.
^XXXI “turn” = shub. To turn back, return, turn away – literally or figuratively. Doesn’t necessarily imply going back to where you started from. This is also the root verb for the Hebrew word for repentance “teshubah.”
^XXXII “evil” = ra’. Same as “disasters” in v3. See note XXVI above.
^XXXIII “ways” = derek. From darak (to tread, march, to walk. Can also mean affixing a string to a box since one needs to step on it to bend it in the process; so also an archer). This is a road as a thing that is walked on. Can be used figuratively for the path that one’s life takes or how one chooses to live one’s life.

^XXXIV “forgive” = salach. This is to forgive, pardon, spare.
^XXXV “iniquity” = avon. Perhaps related to avah (to bend, twist, be amiss). This is sin, mischief, guilt, fault, punishment for iniquity, or moral evil.
^XXXVI “sin” = chatta’ah. From chata’ (to miss or go wrong and so to sin, bear the blame; it can also include the sense of forfeiting or lacking). This is sin itself as well as punishment for sin. It is sometimes used specifically to refer to sin that is habitual.

^XXXVII “called” = qara. This is to call or call out – to call someone by name. Also used more broadly for calling forth.
^XXXVIII “Baruch” = Baruk. From barak (to kneel, bless; blessing God as part of worship and adoration; blessing humans to help them; can be used as a euphemism to say curse God). This is Baruk or Baruch, meaning “blessed.”
^XXXIX “Neriah” = Neriyyah. Related to {untranslated} and “Jehoiakim” and “Josiah” and “Jeremiah” and “Lord” in v1. 10x in OT. From ner (properly, to glisten; a lamp, light, burner, candle; light literal or figurative); {related to nir (to gleam, till)} + Yah (see note VII above). This is Neriah, which may mean “lamp of the Lord” or “light of the Lord” or “the Lord is a lamp.” See https://www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Neriah.html

^XL “dictation” = peh. This is mouth in a literal or figurative sense. So, more literally, it can be beak or jaws. More figuratively, it refers to speech, commands, or promises.
^XLI “all” = kol. Same as “all” in v2. See note XVII above.
^XLII “ordered” = tsavah. This is to charge, command, order, appoint, or enjoin. This is the root that the Hebrew word for “commandment” comes from (mitsvah).
^XLIII “saying” = amar. Same as {untranslated} in v1. See note XIII above.

^XLIV “prevented” = atsar. To inclose, restrain, keep, hold back, or prevail. It can also mean to maintain, rule, or gather together.
^XLV {untranslated} = yakol. This is to be able, endure, overcome, prevail.
^XLVI “entering” = bo. This is to enter, come in, advance, fulfill, bring offerings, enter to worship, attack. It can also have a sexual connotation.
^XLVII “go” = bo. Same as “entering” in v5. See note XLV above.
^XLVIII “fast” = tsom. From tsum (properly, covering one’s mouth; by extension, abstaining from food). This is fasting or a fast.

^XLIX “hearing” = ozen. This is ear, hearing, audience, show. Properly, it is broadness – applied to its ear in reference to its shape.
^L “people” = am. From amam (to darken, hide, associate; creating shadows by huddling together). This is people or nation. It can be used specifically for a tribe, collectively of troops or armies, or figuratively to refer to a flock of animals.
^LI “read” = qara. Same as “called” in v4. See note XXXVII above.
^LII “also” = gam. This is also, moreover, again.

^LIII “all” = kol. Same as “all” in v2. See note XVII above.
^LIV “come up” = bo. Same as “entering” in v5. See note XLV above.
^LV “towns” = iyr. From uwr (to awaken or wake oneself up). This can mean excitement in the sense of wakefulness or city. Properly, this is a place that is guarded. Guards kept schedules according to watches. This sense of the word would include cities as well as encampments or posts that were guarded.

^LVI “plea” = techinnah. From chanan (beseech, show favor, be gracious; properly, to bend in kindness to someone with less status). This is grace, favor, entreaty, mercy.
^LVII “come” = naphal. This is to fall, whether by accident, to fall prostrate, or to fall in violent death. Figuratively, it can refer to personal ruin or calamity, a city falling, an attack or a falling away. It can also be a deep sleep or wasting away.
^LVIII “before” = paneh. From panah (to turn, face, appear). This is face in a literal or figurative sense. It could be face, presence, anger, respect. It can also be used of God to indicate divine favor or presence.

^LIX “Lord” = YHVH. Related to {untranslated} and “Jehoiakim” and “Josiah” and “Jeremiah” and “Lord” in v1 & “Neriah” in v4. From the same as YHVH (see note V above). This is a secondary spelling of the Lord, the name of the God of Israel. It has the same meaning.
^LX “all” = ish. Same as “all” in v3. See note XXX above.
^LXI “great” = gadol. From gadal (to grow up, become great, become wealthy – to advance. The root meaning may be to twist in the sense of the process of growing). This is great, high, bigger, noble, old, marvelous. It can also refer to someone who is powerful or distinguished.

^LXII “anger” = aph. From anaph (to be angry; properly, breathing hard as a signifier of being enraged). This properly refers to the nose or nostril and by extension the face. It can specifically refer to anger or wrath as one breathes hard and nostrils flare in times of great anger.
^LXIII “wrath” = chemah. From yacham (to be hot, mate; figuratively, to conceive). This is heat – figuratively it can be anger or fury. It can also refer to poison or venom as they can cause fever.
^LXIV “Lord” = YHVH. Same as “Lord” in v7. See note LIX above.
^LXV “pronounced” = dabar. Same as “spoken” in v2. See note XVIII above.

^LXVI “all” = kol. Same as “all” in v2. See note XVII above.
^LXVII “prophet” = nabi. This is prophet, prophecy, speaker, or someone inspired.
^LXVIII “Lord” = YHVH. Same as “Lord” in v1. See note XII above.
^LXIX “Lord’s” = YHVH. Same as “Lord” in v1. See note XII above.

^LXX “sent” = shalach. This is to send out, away, send for, forsake. It can also mean to divorce or set a slave free.
^LXXI “Jehudi” = Yehudi. Related to “Judah” in v1. 4x in OT. From Yehudah (see note VIII above). This is Jew or Jewish – one descended from Judah.
^LXXII “get” = laqach. Same as “take” in v2. See note XIV above.

^LXXIII “chamber” = lishkah. Perhaps related to nishkah (chamber, room, cell); from nashak (bite or sting as from a snake; figuratively, lending with interest). This is a room, hall, or cell.
^LXXIV “Elishama” = Elishama. Related to “Israel” in v2 and to “hears” in v3. 17x in OT. From El (see note XIX above) + shama (see note XXV above). This is Elishama, which may mean “God has heard” or “God of hearing.”
^LXXV “secretary” = saphar. Related to “scroll” in v2. See note XV above.

^LXXVI {untranslated} = ozen. Same as “hearing” in v6. See note XLIX above.
^LXXVII “all” = kol. Same as “all” in v2. See note XVII above.
^LXXVIII “officials” = sar. This is chief, leader, ruler, lord, official, governor, prince, military leader. It refers to someone at the top of a rank or class.
^LXXIX “stood” = amad. This is to stand up in a literal or figurative sense. So it can be establish, continue, endure, take a stand, act, be a servant, stand still, remain, stand against an enemy.

^LXXX “sitting” = yashab. This is to sit and so to remain and so to dwell. It is sitting for any reason – as a judge, in order to ambush, or just sitting quietly. Causatively, this can mean settling or marrying. This can also mean continue, endure, or establish.
^LXXXI “winter” = choreph. 7x in OT. Perhaps from charaph (to expose and so figuratively to reproach, defame, carp at, defy). This is autumn, winter – the time of ripeness or harvest, the prime, youth.
^LXXXII “apartment” = bayit. Same as “house” in v3. See note XXIV above.

^LXXXIII “ninth” = teshii. 18x in OT. From the same as tesha (nine, perhaps as looking to the next number associated with fullness – 10); perhaps from sha’ah (to gaze at, gaze around, regard – to look to, especially for help; to consider or be compassionate; to look at in amazement or while confounded). This is ninth.
^LXXXIV “month” = chodesh. From chadash (to renew, repair). This refers to a new moon. It can also mean monthly.
^LXXXV “burning” = ba’ar. This is to burn, consume, heat, remove. It can also be to consume by a fire or through eating, being brutish or wasting.
^LXXXVI “brazier” = ach. 3x in OT – all in this passage. This is firepot, brazier, or hearth.
^LXXXVII “before” = paneh. Same as “before” in v7. See note LVIII above.

^LXXXVIII {untranslated} = hayah. Same as {untranslated} in v1. See note I above.
^LXXXIX “three” = shalosh. This is three, fork, three times.
^XC “four” = arba. Related to “fourth” in v1. See note above.
^XCI “columns” = delet. From dalah (to draw, lift up; properly, to dangle; draw water; figuratively, to deliver). This is something that swings like a door, gate, leaf, lid, or other opening.

^XCII “cut…off” = qara. This is to tear or cut out in a literal or figurative sense. It can also be to revile or to apply eye make up – as though they are made to look larger.
^XCIII “penknife” = taar + saphar. Taar is 13x in OT. From arah (to be bare, empty, raze, uncover, discover, demolish). This is a razor, knife, sheath. Saphar is the same as “scroll” in v21. See note LXXV above.
^XCIV “throw” = shalak. This is to throw, fling, or hurl. It can also be to throw away in a literal or figurative sense.
^XCV “fire” = esh. Related to “Josiah” in v1. See note VII above.
^XCVI “entire” = kol. Same as “all” in v2. See note XVII above.
^XCVII “consumed” = tamam. This is to finish or accomplish. It is to make perfect, demonstrate that you are upright, consume or cease. It is to complete in a literal or figurative sense, positive or negative.

^XCVIII “after” = achar. From achar (to remain behind, linger, continue, be behind, or delay; can also imply procrastination). This is after or the last part, following.
^XCIX “burned” = saraph. This is to burn or kindle. This is the root that “seraphim” comes from.
^C “Lord” = YHVH. Same as “Lord” in v1. See note XII above.
^CI “came” = hayah. Same as {untranslated} in v1. See note I above.
^CII {untranslated} = amar. Same as {untranslated} in v1. See note XIII above.

^CIII {untranslated} = shub. Same as “turn” in v3. See note XXXI above.
^CIV “another” = acher. Related to “after” in v27. From achar (see note XCVIII above). This is following, next, strange, other.
^CV “all” = kol. Same as “all” in v2. See note XVII above.
^CVI “former” = rishon. From rishah (beginning or early time); from rosh (head, captain, or chief; excellent or the forefront; first in position or in statue or in time). This is first, former, ancestor, beginning, ranked first.
^CVII “were” = hayah. Same as {untranslated} in v1. See note I above.
^CVIII “first” = rishon. Same as “former” in v28. See note CV above.
^CIX “burned” = saraph. Same as “burned” in v27. See note XCVIII above.

^CX “thus” = koh. Perhaps from ki (that, for when, certainly) + hu (he, she, it). This is like this, thus, here, now.
^CXI “Lord” = YHVH. Same as “Lord” in v1. See note XII above.
^CXII “burned” = saraph. Same as “burned” in v27. See note XCVIII above.
^CXIII “why” = maddua. From mah (what, how long) + yada (to know, be aware, see and so understand – includes observation, care, recognition; can also be used as a euphemism). This is why or how.

^CXIV “Babylon” = Babel. Perhaps from balal (to anoint, mix, overflow) OR from Akkadian Bbilim; perhaps from earlier Sumerian name Ca-dimirra (gate of god). This is Babylon or Babel. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon.
^CXV “certainly come” = bo + bo. Same as “entering” in v5. See note XLV above. The word is repeated twice – the first time as an Infinitive Absolute. The Infinitive Absolute serves to emphasize the sentiment of the word. It is rather like Foghorn Leghorn’s speech pattern, “I said, I said.”
^CXVI “destroy” = shachath. This is to go to ruin, perish, decay, batter, cast off, lose, one who destroys. This can be used in a literal or figurative sense.

^CXVII “land” = erets. Root may mean to be firm. This is earth, ground, field land, or country.
^CXVIII “cut off” = shabat. This is to rest, stop, repose, cease working. By implication, it is to celebrate.
^CXIX “human beings” = adam. Perhaps from adam (to be red, make ruddy); related to adamah (ground, dirt, earth). This is man, humankind, also Adam’s name. It refers to a human individual or humanity.
^CXX “’animals” = behemah. This is animal or cattle. It is often used of large quadrupeds.
^CXXI “therefore” = ken. Perhaps from kun (properly, in a perpendicular position; literally, to establish, fix, fasten, prepare; figuratively, it is certainty, to be firm, faithfulness, render sure or prosperous). This is to set upright. Generally used figuratively to mean thus, so, afterwards, rightly so.
^CXXII “Lord” = YHVH. Same as “Lord” in v1. See note XII above.

^CXXIII “have” = hayah. Same as {untranslated} in v1. See note I above.
^CXXIV “throne” = kisse. From the same as kese (full moon); perhaps from kasah (to cover, conceal, overwhelm; to cover as clothes do or to hide a secret). This is throne – a seat that is covered or has a canopy. Thus, it is a seat that conveys authority.
^CXXV “David” = David. From the same as dod (beloved, love, uncle); the root may mean to boil, which is used figuratively to describe love. So, this implies someone you love such as a friend, a lover, or a close family member like an uncle. David’s name likely means something like “beloved one.”

^CXXVI “dead body” = nebelah. From nabel (to fall away, faint, wither, languish, sink; figuratively, being senseless, foolish, or wicked; to despise, disgrace, or fall to nothing, to be seen with contempt). This is a body, whether human or animal. It can also refer to an idol.
^CXXVII “cast out” = shalak. Same as “throw” in v23. See note XCIV above.
^CXXVIII “heat” = choreb. 16x in OT. From chereb (any sharp instrument like a sword, dagger, axe, or mattock); from charab (to dry up because of drought, destroy, or make waste, kill). This is drought, heat, desolation.

^CXXIX “frost” = qerach. 7x in OT. Perhaps from qarach (to shave bald). This is ice, frost, or crystal. It could be ice as smooth like baldness is smooth. It can also be hail or, since they look similar, crystal rocks.
^CXXX “night” = layil. Properly, this refers to light twisting away. It is used for night or midnight. Figuratively, this can mean adversity.
^CXXXI “punish” = paqad. This is to attend to or visit – can be used for a friendly or violent encounter. So, it can be to oversee, care for, avenge, or charge.
^CXXXII “offspring” = zera. From zara (to sow or scatter seed; conceive or yield). This is seed or sowing. It can, thus, mean a fruit, plant, sowing time, child, offspring, or posterity.
^CXXXIII “servants” = ebed. From abad (to work, serve, compel; any kind of work; used causatively, can mean to enslave or keep in bondage). This is a servant, slave, or bondservant.

^CXXXIV “bring” = bo. Same as “entering” in v5. See note XLV above.
^CXXXV “inhabitants” = yashab. Same as “sitting” in v22. See note LXXX above.
^CXXXVI “Jerusalem” = Yerushalaim. From yarah (to throw, shoot, be stunned; to flow as water so figuratively to instruct or teach) + shalam (to make amends, to be complete or sound). This is Jerusalem, dwelling of peace.

^CXXXVII “people” = ish. Same as “all” in v3. See note XXX above.
^CXXXVIII “all” = kol. Same as “all” in v2. See note XVII above.
^CXXXIX “threatened” = dabar. Same as “spoken” in v2. See note XVIII above.
^CXL “listen” = shama. Same as “hears” in v3. See note XXV above.