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Whyלָמָּהdo you contendתָרִיבוּwith me?אֵלָיAll of youכֻּלְּכֶםhave transgressedפְּשַׁעְתֶּםagainst me,בִּיdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהוָה
Jeremiah 2:29
Study it in the app“Why do you contend with me? All of you have transgressed against me, declares YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 2:29, word by word
- do you contendתָרִיבוּtarivu
quarrel
To fight with words.
Where else “tarivu” appears- have transgressedפְּשַׁעְתֶּםpeshatem
transgress
To break with God and his law.
Where else “peshatem” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” 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
The context
28But where are your gods that you made for yourself? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble; for as many as your cities are your gods, Judah.
29 · This verse (above)
30In vain I struck your children; correction they did not accept; your sword devoured your prophets like a destroying lion.