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to whomאֲשֶׁר אֵלָיוthe wordדְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהcameהָיָהin the daysבִּימֵיof Josiahיֹאשִׁיָּהוּsonבֶןof Amon,אָמוֹןkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהin the thirteenth yearבִּשְׁלֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָהof his reign;לְמָלְכוֹ
Jeremiah 1:2
Study it in the app“to whom the word of YHWH came in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 1:2, word by word
- 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- cameהָיָהhaya
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “haya” appears- in the daysימֵיyme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yme” appears- of Josiahיֹאשִׁיָּהוּyoshiyahu
Josiah
Josiah: a name that, according to the lexicon, means "founded by Yah." He is the king of Judah announced by name in 1 Kings 13:2, who reigned about three hundred years later (2 Kings 22–23); a man in Zechariah 6:10 is also called this.
Where else “yoshiyahu” appears- sonבֶןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- of Amonאָמוֹןamon
Amon
Amon: a name that, according to the lexicon, means "craftsman, skilled." It is borne by the governor of the city of Samaria (1 Kings 22:26), by a king of Judah (2 Kings 21:19) and by another man (Nehemiah 7:59). It is not the people of Ammon, which is spelled differently in Hebrew.
Where else “amon” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- in the thirteenth yearשְׁלֹשׁshelosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosh” appears- in the thirteenth yearעֶשְׂרֵהesre
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appears- in the thirteenth yearשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- of his reignמָלְכmalch
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “malch” appears
The context
1The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,
2 · This verse (above)
3and it came in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month.