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Jeremiah 18:9

And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

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וְרֶ֣גַעveregaand spaceרֶגַעconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and space”, the ordinary formH7281a wink (of the eyes), i.e. a very short space of timeinstant, moment, space, suddenly.אֲדַבֵּ֔רadaberspeakדָבַרverb, piel, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “speak”, an unfinished actionH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…גּ֖וֹיgoyGentileגּוֹיnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.וְעַלvealand aboveעַלconjunction, preposition — “and above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…מַמְלָכָ֑הmamlakhahkingdomמַמְלָכָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “kingdom”, the ordinary formH4467dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)kingdom, king's, reign, royal.לִבְנֹ֖תlivnotto buildבָּנָהpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to build”, the to-form of the verbH1129to build (literally and figuratively)(begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.וְלִנְטֹֽעַvelintoaand to plantנָטַעconjunction, preposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “and to plant”, the to-form of the verbH5193properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)fastened, plant(-er).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And at one instant I may speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

Young’s Literal Translation

And the moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, to build, and to plant,

World English Bible

At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it,

Darby Translation

And at the moment that I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant,

Douay-Rheims

And I will suddenly speak of a nation and of a kingdom, to build up and plant it.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And at one instant I may speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And if I shall pronounce a decree upon a nation and kingdom, to rebuild and to plant it ;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ πέρας λαλήσω ἐπὶ ἔθνος καὶ βασιλείαν, τοῦ ἀνοικοδομεῖσθαι καὶ τοῦ καταφυτεύεσθαι,