Jeremiah 29:28
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
For he has sent to us in Babylon, claiming: Since the exile will be lengthy, build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat their produce.’ ”

Young's Literal Translation
Because that he hath sent unto us to Babylon, saying, It [is] long, build ye houses, and abide; and plant ye gardens, and eat their fruit.’

King James Bible
For therefore he sent unto us [in] Babylon, saying, This [captivity is] long: build ye houses, and dwell [in them]; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

Hebrew
For
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

he has sent
שָׁלַ֥ח (šā·laḥ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

to us
אֵלֵ֛ינוּ (’ê·lê·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

[in] Babylon,
בָּבֶ֥ל (bā·ḇel)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 894: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city

claiming:
לֵאמֹ֖ר (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 559: To utter, say

The exile
הִ֑יא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

will be long.
אֲרֻכָּ֣ה (’ă·ruk·kāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 752: Long

So build
בְּנ֤וּ (bə·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 1129: To build

houses
בָתִּים֙ (ḇāt·tîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1004: A house

and settle down;
וְשֵׁ֔בוּ (wə·šê·ḇū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

plant
וְנִטְע֣וּ (wə·niṭ·‘ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 5193: To strike in, fix, to plant

gardens
גַנּ֔וֹת (ḡan·nō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 1593: A garden

and eat
וְאִכְל֖וּ (wə·’iḵ·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 398: To eat

their produce.’”
פְּרִיהֶֽן׃ (pə·rî·hen)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine plural
Strong's 6529: Fruit

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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