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ForכִּיwheneverמִדֵּיI speak,אֲדַבֵּרI cry out;אֶזְעָק“Violenceחָמָסand destruction!”וָשֹׁדI proclaim;אֶקְרָאforכִּיthe wordדְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהhas becomeהָיָהfor meלִיa reproachלְחֶרְפָּהand a derisionוּלְקֶלֶסallכָּלday long.הַיּוֹם
Jeremiah 20:8
Study it in the app“For whenever I speak, I cry out; “Violence and destruction!” I proclaim; for the word of YHWH has become for me a reproach and a derision all day long.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 20:8, word by word
- wheneverדֵּיde
as often as
Together with other words: whenever, as often as, as much as suffices.
Where else “de” appears- I speakאֲדַבֵּרadaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “adaber” appears- I cry outאֶזְעָקezak
cry out
To shout for help, above all to YHWH.
Where else “ezak” appears- “Violenceחָמָסchamas
violence
Violence; unjust harm done to others.
Where else “chamas” appears- and destructionשֹׁדshod
destruction, violence
Devastation, ruin that comes with violence.
Where else “shod” appears- I proclaimאֶקְרָאekra
proclaim
To announce aloud.
Where else “ekra” appears- 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- has becomeהָיָהhaya
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “haya” appears- a reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpa
disgrace, reproach
Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.
Where else “cherpa” appears- and a derisionקֶלֶסkeles
scorn, derision
Scorn, derision; someone everyone laughs at.
Where else “keles” appears- day longיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears
The context
7You seduced me, YHWH, and I let myself be seduced; you were stronger than I and prevailed; I have become a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.
8 · This verse (above)
9And I said, “I will not remember him or speak any more in his name.” But there was in my heart as it were a fire burning, shut up in my bones, and I am weary of holding it in, and I cannot.