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ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָה“Goהָלוֹךְand buyוְקָנִיתָa potter'sיוֹצֵרearthenwareחָרֶשׂjug,בַקְבֻּקand take some of the eldersוּמִזִּקְנֵיof the peopleהָעָםand of the eldersוּמִזִּקְנֵיof the priests,הַכֹּהֲנִים
Jeremiah 19:1
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With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 19:1, 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- “Goהָלוֹךְhaloch
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “haloch” appears- and buyקָנִיתָkanita
buy
To give silver in order to become the owner of something.
Where else “kanita” appears- a potter'sיוֹצֵרyotser
potter
The one who works clay and shapes it into pots with his hands.
Where else “yotser” appears- earthenwareחָרֶשׂchares
earthenware
Baked clay, earthenware; a piece of pottery.
Where else “chares” appears- jugבַקְבֻּקvakbuk
jar, flask
Jar or narrow-necked bottle of clay; the name imitates the sound of the liquid pouring out.
Where else “vakbuk” appears- and take some of the eldersזִּקְנֵיzikne
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appears- of the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- of the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appears
Translation note
“Jug” (בַּקְבֻּק) sounds like “I will empty” (בַקֹּתִי) in 19:7.
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2and go out to the valley of Ben-hinnom, which is at the entrance of the gate of the Potsherds, and proclaim there the words that I speak to you;