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So I boughtוָאֶקְנֶהthe beltאֶת הָאֵזוֹרaccording to the wordכִּדְבַרof YHWH,יְהוָהandוָput itאָשִׂםon my loins.עַל מָתְנָי
Jeremiah 13:2
Study it in the app“So I bought the belt according to the word of YHWH, and put it on my loins.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 13:2, word by word
- So I boughtאֶקְנֶהekne
buy
To give silver in order to become the owner of something.
Where else “ekne” appears- the beltאֵזוֹרezor
belt, band
A belt, a sash: a band tied around the waist.
Where else “ezor” appears- according to the wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of 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- put itאָשִׂםasim
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “asim” appears- on my loinsמָתְנָmatna
waist, loins
Waist, loins.
Where else “matna” appears
The context
1Thus YHWH said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen belt, and put it on your loins, but in water do not put it.”
2 · This verse (above)
3And the word of YHWH came to me a second time, saying: