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And YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלָי“From the northמִצָּפוֹןevilהָרָעָהwill break openתִּפָּתַחon allעַל כָּלthe inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיof the land.הָאָרֶץ
Jeremiah 1:14
Study it in the app“And YHWH said to me, “From the north evil will break open on all the inhabitants of the land.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 1:14, 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- “From the northצָּפוֹןtsafon
north
North.
Where else “tsafon” appears- evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- will break openתִּפָּתַחtipatach
open
To open a door, mouth or eyes.
Where else “tipatach” appears- the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- of the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
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.”
14 · This verse (above)
15For look, I am calling all the clans of the kingdoms of the north, declares YHWH, and they will come and set each his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem and against all its walls all around and against all the cities of Judah.