Whyלָמָּהshould you beתִהְיֶהlike a manכְּאִישׁstunned,נִדְהָםlike a mighty manכְּגִבּוֹרwho cannotלֹא יוּכַלsave?לְהוֹשִׁיעַBut youוְאַתָּהare in our midst,בְקִרְבֵּנוּYHWH,יְהוָהand your nameוְשִׁמְךָis calledנִקְרָאover us;עָלֵינוּdo notאַלleave us.תַּנִּחֵנוּ
Jeremiah 14:9
Study it in the app“Why should you be like a man stunned, like a mighty man who cannot save? But you are in our midst, YHWH, and your name is called over us; do not leave us.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 14:9, word by word
- should you beתִהְיֶהtihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihye” appears- like a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- stunnedנִדְהָםnidham
be dismayed
To be stunned, dumbfounded, not knowing what to do.
Where else “nidham” appears- like a mighty manגִבּוֹרgibor
warrior
A brave warrior, or a capable man.
Where else “gibor” appears- who cannotיוּכַלyuchal
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yuchal” appears- saveהוֹשִׁיעַhoshia
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “hoshia” appears- are in our midstקִרְבֵּkirbe
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirbe” 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- and your nameשִׁמְshim
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shim” appears- is calledנִקְרָאnikra
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “nikra” appears- leave usתַּנִּחֵtaniche
leave
To leave something where it is and not take it away; not to hinder.
Where else “taniche” appears
The context
8Hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of distress, why should you be like a resident alien in the land, and like a traveler who turns aside to spend the night?
9 · This verse (above)
10Thus says YHWH to this people: “So they have loved to wander; their feet they have not restrained; and YHWH does not accept them; now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins.”