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And YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלַי“Do notאַלsay,תֹּאמַר‘I am a boy,’נַעַר אָנֹכִיforכִּיto allעַל כָּלto whomאֲשֶׁרI send youאֶשְׁלָחֲךָyou will go,תֵּלֵךְand allוְאֵת כָּלthatאֲשֶׁרI command youאֲצַוְּךָyou will speak.תְּדַבֵּר
Jeremiah 1:7
Study it in the app“And 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.”
Jeremiah says he is only a boy; God tells him not to be afraidCourage
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 1:7, 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- ‘I am a boy,’נַעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears- I send youאֶשְׁלָחֲeshlaach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “eshlaach” appears- you will goתֵּלֵךְtelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telech” appears- I command youאֲצַוְּatsav
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “atsav” appears- you will speakתְּדַבֵּרtedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “tedaber” appears
The context
6And I said, “Ah, Adonai YHWH! Look, I do not know how to speak, for I am a boy.”
7 · This verse (above)
8Do not be afraid of them, for with you am I to rescue you, declares YHWH.”