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And the wordוַ דְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהcameיְהִיto me,אֵלַיsaying,לֵאמֹר“Whatמָהdo youאַתָּהsee,רֹאֶהJeremiah?”יִרְמְיָהוּAnd I said,וָאֹמַר“A rodמַקֵּלof almondשָׁקֵדIאֲנִיsee.”רֹאֶה
Jeremiah 1:11
Study it in the app“And the word of YHWH came to me, saying, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “A rod of almond I see.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 1:11, word by word
- And the wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- cameיְהִיyehi
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yehi” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- seeרֹאֶהroe
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “roe” appears- Jeremiahיִרְמְיָהוּyirmyahu
Jeremiah
Jeremiah: a name meaning "YHWH raises up" or "YHWH exalts," borne by several men: best known is the prophet, son of Hilkiah, from Anathoth (Jeremiah 1:1); in 2 Kings 23:31 and 24:18 another Jeremiah, of Libnah, grandfather of two kings.
Where else “yirmyahu” appears- “A rodמַקֵּלmakel
rod
A thin stick or cut branch, used to mark, touch or consult.
Where else “makel” appears- of almondשָׁקֵדshaked
almond
Almond; almond tree.
Where else “shaked” appears
The context
10See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and to demolish, to build and to plant.”
11 · This verse (above)
12And YHWH said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to do it.”