Jeremiah 17:13

With the Hebrew beneath

Jeremiah 17:13, word by word

Hopeמִקְוֵהmikve

hope

What is awaited with confidence; YHWH is Israel's hope.

Where else “mikve” appears

of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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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.

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who abandon youעֹזְבֶיozve

forsake

To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.

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will be put to shameיֵבֹשׁוּyevoshu

be disappointed

To be disgraced because what one trusted in failed.

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and those who turn away from meסוּרַsura

turn aside

To leave the road, go away.

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will be writtenיִכָּתֵבוּyikatevu

write

To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.

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in the earthאָרֶץarets

ground

What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.

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the fountainמְקוֹרmekor

spring

The place where water wells up, and so also the source of life.

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of livingחַיִּיםchayim

raw

Literally "living": running water, uncooked meat.

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watersמַיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

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Translation note

“The fountain of living waters”: cf. 2:13; John 4:10; 7:37-38.

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