Study it in the app“and say to them: ‘Hear the word of YHWH, kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who come in through these gates.”
and sayוְאָמַרְתָּto them:אֲלֵיהֶם‘Hearשִׁמְעוּthe wordדְבַרof YHWH,יְהוָהkingsמַלְכֵיof Judah,יְהוּדָהand allוְכָלJudah,יְהוּדָהand allוְכֹלthe inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיof Jerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִָםwho come inהַבָּאִיםthrough these gates.בַּשְּׁעָרִים הָאֵלֶּה
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shimu” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appearsYHWH
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” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malche” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “baim” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shearim” appearsJerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
19Thus YHWH said to me: “Go and stand in the gate of the sons of the people, by which the kings of Judah come in and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem,
20 · This verse (above)
21Thus says YHWH: Guard yourselves, for the sake of your souls, and do not carry a burden on the day of the Sabbath, nor bring it in through the gates of Jerusalem.
