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And I said,וָאֹמַר“Ah,אֲהָהּAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH!יְהֹוִהLook,הִנֵּהI do notלֹאknow howיָדַעְתִּיto speak,דַּבֵּרforכִּיI am a boy.”נַעַר אָנֹכִי
Jeremiah 1:6
Study it in the app“And I said, “Ah, Adonai YHWH! Look, I do not know how to speak, for I am a boy.””
Jeremiah says he is only a boy; God tells him not to be afraidCourage
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 1:6, word by word
- And I saidאֹמַרomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appears- “Ahאֲהָהּahah
alas
Alas!: a cry of pain or distress.
Where else “ahah” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהֹוִהyehovi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehovi” appears- know howיָדַעְתִּיyadati
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” appears- to speakדַּבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- I am a boyנַעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears
The context
5“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.”
6 · This verse (above)
7And YHWH said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am a boy,’ for to all to whom I send you you will go, and all that I command you you will speak.