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Can a human beingהֲ אָדָםmakeיַעֲשֶׂהgodsאֱלֹהִיםfor himself?לּוֹYet theyוְהֵמָּהare notלֹאgods.אֱלֹהִים
Jeremiah 16:20
Study it in the app“Can a human being make gods for himself? Yet they are not gods.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 16:20, word by word
- Can a human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- makeיַעֲשֶׂהyaase
make
To build or create something.
Where else “yaase” appears- godsאֱלֹהִיםelohim
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohim” appears
The context
19YHWH, my strength and my stronghold and my place to flee in the day of distress, to you nations will come from the ends of the earth and say: “Surely our fathers inherited falsehood, vapor, and there is no profit in them.”
20 · This verse (above)
21Therefore look, I am making them know, this time, I will make them know my hand and my might, and they will know that my name is YHWH.