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And the wordוַיְהִי דְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהcame to me,אֵלַיsaying:לֵאמוֹר
Jeremiah 18:5
Study it in the app“And the word of YHWH came to me, saying:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 18:5, word by word
- And the wordיְהִיyehi
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yehi” appears- And the wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of 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- sayingאמוֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears
The context
4And the vessel that he was making of clay was ruined in the hand of the potter; and he went back and made it another vessel, as seemed right in the eyes of the potter to make.
5 · This verse (above)
6“Can I not do with you as this potter does, house of Israel? declares YHWH. Look, like the clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.