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ThereforeלָכֵןthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהAsk,שַׁאֲלוּnow,נָאamong the nations:בַּגּוֹיִםWhoמִיhas heardשָׁמַעthe like of these?כָּאֵלֶּהA veryמְאֹדhorrible thingשַׁעֲרֻרִתhas doneעָשְׂתָהthe virginבְּתוּלַתof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Jeremiah 18:13
Study it in the app“Therefore thus says YHWH: Ask, now, among the nations: Who has heard the like of these? A very horrible thing has done the virgin of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 18:13, 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- Askשַׁאֲלוּshaalu
ask
To ask a question.
Where else “shaalu” appears- among the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- has heardשָׁמַעshama
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shama” appears- A veryמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- horrible thingשַׁעֲרֻרִתshaarurit
horrible thing
A horrible thing, something that causes dread.
Where else “shaarurit” appears- has doneעָשְׂתָהasta
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asta” appears- the virginבְּתוּלַתbetulat
virgin
Young woman not yet married; virgin.
Where else “betulat” 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.
Where else “yisrael” appears
The context
12But they will say: ‘It is hopeless! For after our own plans we will walk, and each one the stubbornness of his evil heart we will do.’
13 · This verse (above)
14Does the snow of Lebanon leave the rock of the field? Or are the foreign, cold, flowing waters uprooted?