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“BeforeבְּטֶרֶםI formed youאֶצָּרְךָin the wombבַבֶּטֶןI knew you,יְדַעְתִּיךָand beforeוּבְטֶרֶםyou came outתֵּצֵאof the wombמֵרֶחֶםI consecrated you;הִקְדַּשְׁתִּיךָa prophetנָבִיאto the nationsלַגּוֹיִםI appointed you.”נְתַתִּיךָ
Jeremiah 1:5
Study it in the app““Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you came out of the womb I consecrated you; a prophet to the nations I appointed you.””
God knew Jeremiah before forming himPurpose
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 1:5, word by word
- “Beforeטֶרֶםterem
not yet, before
Not yet; before.
Where else “terem” appears- I formed youאֶצָּרְetsar
mold
To mold, as God molded man from dust.
Where else “etsar” appears- in the wombבֶּטֶןbeten
womb
The belly where a mother carries her child.
Where else “beten” appears- I knew youיְדַעְתִּיyedati
know a person
To know someone.
Where else “yedati” appears- you came outתֵּצֵאtetse
spring up
To spring up, be born, come from something.
Where else “tetse” appears- of the wombרֶחֶםrechem
womb
The part of a mother's body where the child grows before birth.
Where else “rechem” appears- I consecrated youהִקְדַּשְׁתִּיhikdashti
consecrate
To set apart people, things or a day for God.
Where else “hikdashti” appears- a prophetנָבִיאnavi
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appears- to the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- I appointed youנְתַתִּיnetati
make
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “netati” appears
The context
4And the word of YHWH came to me, saying,
5 · This verse (above)
6And I said, “Ah, Adonai YHWH! Look, I do not know how to speak, for I am a boy.”