Jeremiah 13:16

“Give to YHWH your Elohim glory before he brings darkness, and before your feet stumble on the mountains of twilight, and you wait for light, and he turns it into the shadow of death, makes it into dense cloud.”

Jeremiah 13:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 13:16, word by word

Giveתְּנוּtenu

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “tenu” appears
to YHWHיהוָהyhva

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 “yhva” appears
your Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohe” appears
gloryכָּבוֹדkavod

glory

God's majesty and presence.

Where else “kavod” appears
beforeטֶרֶםterem

not yet, before

Not yet; before.

Where else “terem” appears
he brings darknessיַחְשִׁךְyachshich

grow dark

Grow dark; darken.

Where else “yachshich” appears
your feetרַגְלֵיragle

foot

The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.

Where else “ragle” appears
stumbleיִתְנַגְּפוּyitnagfu

stumble

To strike one's foot against a stone on the road.

Where else “yitnagfu” appears
on the mountainsהָרֵיhare

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

Where else “hare” appears
of twilightנָשֶׁףnashef

twilight

When it grows dark at evening.

Where else “nashef” appears
and you waitקִוִּיתֶםkivitem

wait

To long and look for, above all YHWH.

Where else “kivitem” appears
for lightאוֹרor

light

The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.

Where else “or” appears
and he turns itשָׂמָsama

make

To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".

Where else “sama” appears
into the shadow of deathצַלְמָוֶתtsalmavet

deep darkness

Deep darkness: the thickest gloom. The word joins "shadow" and "death"; it is used for extreme danger, for the densest darkness and for the place of the dead.

Where else “tsalmavet” appears
makes itשִׁיתshit

make

To turn someone into something.

Where else “shit” appears
into dense cloudעֲרָפֶלarafel

thick darkness

Thick, dark cloud; deep darkness.

Where else “arafel” appears

The context

15Hear and give ear; do not be proud, for YHWH has spoken.

16 · This verse (above)

17But if you do not hear it, in secret places my soul will weep because of pride, and will weep bitterly, and my eye will run down with tears, for the flock of YHWH has been taken captive.

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