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Pay attention,הַקְשִׁיבָהYHWH,יְהוָהto me,אֵלָיand hearוּשְׁמַעthe voiceלְקוֹלof those who contend with me.יְרִיבָי
Jeremiah 18:19
Study it in the app“Pay attention, YHWH, to me, and hear the voice of those who contend with me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 18:19, word by word
- Pay attentionהַקְשִׁיבָhakshiva
pay attention, listen
To pay attention, to listen carefully, to prick up the ears. It is more than hearing: it is heeding what is said.
Where else “hakshiva” 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- and hearשְׁמַעshema
obey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “shema” appears- the voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- of those who contend with meיְרִיבָyeriva
adversary
One who contends with someone: his opponent in a dispute.
Where else “yeriva” appears
The context
18And they said: “Come, and let us devise against Jeremiah plans, for instruction will not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.”
19 · This verse (above)
20Should evil be repaid for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good on their behalf, to turn back your fury from them.