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We read in v. 6 that God vouchsafed Jeremiah <\/span>\u05c3<\/span>\u201dI am going to bring her [Jerusalem] relief and healing. I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of peace and truth.\u201d The Hebrew word that is translated here as \u201cabundance\u201d is `<\/span>ateret<\/span><\/i> and \u201cpeace and truth\u201d are <\/span>shalom ve\u2019emet<\/span><\/i>. Both renditions are problematic.<\/span><\/p>\n

First, `<\/span>ateret<\/span><\/i> is a veritable <\/span>hapax legomenon<\/span><\/i>, a term that signifies a word that appears only once in a body of literature. While <\/span>`-t-r<\/span><\/i> may be related philologically to the root <\/span>`-sh-r<\/span><\/i>, meaning wealth (and, hence, abundance), if that were the prophet\u2019s intention, why not use the ordinary Hebrew? Furthermore, <\/span>shalom ve\u2019emet<\/span><\/i> is generally understood as a hendiadys, a <\/span>figure of speech in which a construction involving a noun is used in place of an adjective (e.g., <\/span>a man of wealth<\/span><\/i> instead of <\/span>a wealthy man<\/span><\/i>). Just like <\/span>hesed ve\u2019emet<\/span><\/i> (<\/span>see Gen. 47:29) means true grace, and <\/span>ger ve-toshav<\/span><\/i> (Gen. 23:4) is a resident-alien, <\/span>shalom ve\u2019emet<\/span><\/i> would signify true peace. [Full disclosure: While the 1917 JPS translation has \u201cpeace and truth,\u201d JPS <\/span>The Prophets<\/span><\/i> has \u201ctrue favor.\u201d We chose to follow the older version this time in order to make the point about hendiadys.]<\/span><\/p>\n

Here is what Shadal* had to say.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ateret<\/span><\/i>: Some interpret it as abundance. [Others} explain it as wealth, but we have never found wealth used metaphorically.<\/span><\/p>\n

It appears to me every usage of <\/span>`-t-r<\/span><\/i> derives from the Syriac [a dialect of Aramaic] for rising smoke (see my commentary to Gen. 25:21). Here it means that I will reveal to them the place whence peace will arise; the place of peace; the place whence peace grows and rises, as in [the beginning of the verse]: \u201cI will raise up for her (<\/span>ma`aleh<\/span><\/i>) relief and healing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Shalom ve\u2019emet<\/span><\/i>: True peace; everlasting, perpetual pace.<\/span><\/p>\n

*For an explanation of our objectives in studying Shadal\u2019s commentary, <\/span>see our introduction<\/span><\/a> in Jeremiah chapter 1.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":71406,"id":71406,"title":"jer33-peace","filename":"jer33-peace.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer33-peace.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/abundance-of-peace-and-truth\/jer33-peace\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"jer33-peace","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":71405,"date":"2020-03-08 21:44:45","modified":"2020-03-08 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