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ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָה“The wayאֶל דֶּרֶךְof the nationsהַגּוֹיִםdo notאַלlearn,תִּלְמָדוּand at the signsוּמֵאֹתוֹתof the heavensהַשָּׁמַיִםdo notאַלbe terrified,תֵּחָתּוּforכִּיthe nationsהַגּוֹיִםare terrifiedיֵחַתּוּat them.מֵהֵמָּה
Jeremiah 10:2
Study it in the app“Thus says YHWH: “The way of the nations do not learn, and at the signs of the heavens do not be terrified, for the nations are terrified at them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 10:2, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” 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 wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- of the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- learnתִּלְמָדוּtilmadu
learn
To receive teaching until one knows or masters it.
Where else “tilmadu” appears- and at the signsאֹתוֹתotot
sign
A mark or signal that points to something.
Where else “otot” appears- of the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- be terrifiedתֵּחָתּוּtechatu
be dismayed
To lose heart from fear, to have no strength to go on.
Where else “techatu” appears
The context
1Hear the word that YHWH has spoken to you, house of Israel.
2 · This verse (above)
3For the statutes of the peoples are vapor; for a tree from the forest one cuts down, the work of the hands of a craftsman with the tool.