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ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהCursed isאָרוּרthe manהַגֶּבֶרwhoאֲשֶׁרtrustsיִבְטַחin human beings,בָּאָדָםand makesוְשָׂםfleshבָּשָׂרhis arm,זְרֹעוֹand whose heartלִבּוֹturns awayיָסוּרfrom YHWH.וּמִן יְהוָה
Jeremiah 17:5
Study it in the app“Thus says YHWH: Cursed is the man who trusts in human beings, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart turns away from YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 17:5, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” 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- Cursed isאָרוּרarur
curse
Curse: declare someone or something under punishment, deprived of blessing. It is the opposite of bless.
Where else “arur” appears- the manגֶּבֶרgever
man
Man, a grown man in his strength.
Where else “gever” appears- trustsיִבְטַחyivtach
trust
To rely on someone, YHWH or man.
Where else “yivtach” appears- in human beingsאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- and makesשָׂםsam
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “sam” appears- fleshבָּשָׂרbasar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “basar” appears- his armזְרֹעzero
arm
The limb between shoulder and hand; in an animal, the shoulder.
Where else “zero” appears- and whose heartלִבּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- turns awayיָסוּרyasur
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “yasur” appears
The context
4And you will let it drop, even by yourself, your inheritance that I gave you; and I will make you serve your enemies in the land that you do not know; for a fire you have kindled in my anger; forever it will burn.
5 · This verse (above)
6And he will be like a shrub in the steppe, and he will not see when good comes; and he will dwell in parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and uninhabited.