Giveתְּנוּto YHWHלַיהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֵיכֶםgloryכָּבוֹדbeforeבְּטֶרֶםhe brings darkness,יַחְשִׁךְand beforeוּבְטֶרֶםyour feetרַגְלֵיכֶםstumbleיִתְנַגְּפוּon the mountainsעַל הָרֵיof twilight,נָשֶׁףand you waitוְקִוִּיתֶםfor light,לְאוֹרand he turns itוְשָׂמָהּinto the shadow of death,לְצַלְמָוֶתmakes itוְשִׁיתinto dense cloud.לַעֲרָפֶל
Jeremiah 13:16
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.