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And YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלַי“You have seen well,הֵיטַבְתָּ לִרְאוֹתforכִּיIאֲנִיam watchingשֹׁקֵדover my wordעַל דְּבָרִיto do it.”לַעֲשֹׂתוֹ
Jeremiah 1:12
Study it in the app“And YHWH said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to do it.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 1:12, word by word
- And 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “You have seen wellהֵיטַבְתָּhetavta
go well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “hetavta” appears- “You have seen wellרְאוֹתreot
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reot” appears- am watchingשֹׁקֵדshoked
keep watch, be awake
To keep watch, to stay awake and alert in order to guard something.
Where else “shoked” appears- over my wordדְּבָרִdevari
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devari” appears- to do itעֲשֹׂתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears
Translation note
In Hebrew, “almond” (shaqued) and “watching” (shoqued) sound almost the same: the almond is the tree that “watches,” the first to wake at the end of winter.
The context
11And the word of YHWH came to me, saying, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “A rod of almond I see.”
12 · This verse (above)
13And the word of YHWH came to me a second time, saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “A pot boiling I see, and its face is from the north.”