Study it in the app“Therefore thus says YHWH concerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life, saying: “Do not prophesy in the name of YHWH, and you will not die by our hand.””
ThereforeלָכֵןthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהconcerningעַלthe menאַנְשֵׁיof Anathoth,עֲנָתוֹתwho seekהַמְבַקְשִׁיםyour life,נַפְשְׁךָsaying:לֵאמֹר“Do notלֹאprophesyתִנָּבֵאin the nameבְּשֵׁםof YHWH,יְהוָהand you will notוְלֹאdieתָמוּתby our hand.”בְּיָדֵנוּ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsYHWH
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” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appearsAnathoth
See it on the mapWhere else “anatot” appearsseek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “mevakshim” appearslife
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsh” appearsprophesy
To speak what God's spirit gives to say.
Where else “tinave” appearsname of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shem” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “tamut” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appearsAnathoth
Today: Anata and Ras al-Kharrubeh, West Bank
A town in Benjamin, about 3 miles (5 km) northeast of Jerusalem.
It was a city of priests (Josh 21:18). Jeremiah came from there (Jer 1:1).
20But YHWH Tsevaot, who judges righteously, who tests the kidneys and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them, for to you I have laid open my cause.
21 · This verse (above)
22therefore thus says YHWH Tsevaot: “Look, I am punishing them; the young men will die by the sword, their sons and their daughters will die by famine,
