New American Standard Bible 1995

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Jeremiah

46

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"They have repeatedly stumbled; Indeed, they have fallen one against another. Then they said, 'Get up! And let us go back To our own people and our native land Away from the sword of the oppressor.'

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
"They have repeatedly to be or become much, many or great Verb H7235 הִרְבָּ֖ה hir·bah
stumbled; to stumble, stagger, totter Verb H3782 כֹּושֵׁ֑ל ko·v·shel;
Indeed, also, moreover, yea Adverb H1571 גַּם־ gam-
they have fallen to fall, lie Verb H5307 נָפַ֞ל na·fal
one man Noun H376 אִ֣ישׁ ish
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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against to, into, towards Prepostion H413 אֶל־ el-
another. friend, companion, fellow Noun H7453 רֵעֵ֗הוּ re·'e·hu
Then they said, to utter, say Verb H559 וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ vai·yo·me·ru
'Get to arise, stand up, stand Verb H6965 ק֣וּמָה ku·mah
up! And let us go back to turn back, return Verb H7725 וְנָשֻׁ֣בָה ve·na·shu·vah
To our own people people Noun H5971 עַמֵּ֗נוּ am·me·nu
and our native kindred, birth, offspring Noun H4138 מֹֽולַדְתֵּ֔נוּ mo·v·lad·te·nu,
land earth, land Noun H776 אֶ֙רֶץ֙ e·retz
Away from the sword a sword Noun H2719 חֶ֥רֶב che·rev
of the oppressor.' to oppress, maltreat, perhaps suppress Verb H3238 הַיֹּונָֽה׃ hai·yo·v·nah.

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New American Standard Bible 1995 "They have repeatedly stumbled; Indeed, they have fallen one against another. Then they said, 'Get up! And let us go back To our own people and our native land Away from the sword of the oppressor.'
King James Bible "They have repeatedly stumbled; Indeed, they have fallen He made many to fall, yea, one against another. Then fell upon another: and they said, 'Get up! And Arise, and let us go back To again to our own people people, and our native to the land Away of our nativity, from the sword of the oppressor.'oppressing sword.
Hebrew Greek English "They have repeatedly stumbled; Indeed, they have fallen one against another. Then they said, 'Get up! And let us go back To our own people and our native land Away from the sword of the oppressor.'