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Do notאַלbe afraidתִּירָאof them,מִפְּנֵיהֶםforכִּיwith youאִתְּךָam Iאֲנִיto rescue you,לְהַצִּלֶךָdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.”יְהוָה
Jeremiah 1:8
Study it in the app“Do not be afraid of them, for with you am I to rescue you, declares YHWH.””
Jeremiah says he is only a boy; God tells him not to be afraidCourage
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 1:8, word by word
- be afraidתִּירָאtira
fear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “tira” appears- of themפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- to rescue youהַצִּלֶhatsile
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “hatsile” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- 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
The context
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.
8 · This verse (above)
9And YHWH stretched out his hand and touched my mouth, and YHWH said to me, “Look, I have put my words in your mouth.