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Thusכִּדְנָהyou shall sayתֵּאמְרוּןto them:לְהוֹם“The godsאֱלָהַיָּאwhoדִּיdid notלָאmakeעֲבַדוּthe heavensשְׁמַיָּאand the earthוְאַרְקָאwill perishיֵאבַדוּfrom the earthמֵאַרְעָאand from underוּמִן תְּחוֹתtheseאֵלֶּהheavens.”שְׁמַיָּא
Jeremiah 10:11
Study it in the app“Thus you shall say to them: “The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under these heavens.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 10:11, word by word
- you shall sayתֵּאמְרוּןtemrun
say
To speak to someone with words, answer him or set out what one thinks (Aramaic).
Where else “temrun” appears- “The godsאֱלָהַיָּelahaya
Elah, God, god
Elah: the Aramaic word for God, related to the Hebrew "Eloah" and "Elohim". In the parts of the Bible written in Aramaic (Ezra and Daniel) it is the God of Israel, the same one who in Hebrew is called Elohim; the text only changes language. The same word, also in the plural, is used for the gods of other peoples ("god", "gods"), and the passage itself shows who is meant.
Where else “elahaya” appears- makeעֲבַדוּavadu
do, make
To do, to make (Aramaic). Its Hebrew relative "avad" means "to serve, to work".
Where else “avadu” appears- the heavensשְׁמַיָּshemaya
heavens
Heavens (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "shamayim". "The Elah of the heavens" is the God of Israel.
Where else “shemaya” appears- and the earthאַרְקָarka
earth
(Aramaic) The earth.
Where else “arka” appears- will perishיֵאבַדוּyevadu
perish
Perish, pass away.
Where else “yevadu” appears- from the earthאַרְעָara
earth
The ground and the inhabited world, above all as the place where kingdoms rule.
Where else “ara” appears- and from underתְּחוֹתtechot
under
(Aramaic) Under, beneath.
Where else “techot” appears- theseאֵלֶּהele
these
(Aramaic) These.
Where else “ele” appears
Translation note
This verse is written in Aramaic, the language of the nations; it is the only one in Jeremiah.
The context
10But YHWH is the true Elohim; he is the living Elohim and the eternal King. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot bear his indignation.
11 · This verse (above)
12He made the earth by his power, he established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he stretched out the heavens.