Study it in the app“and say, ‘Hear the word of YHWH, king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David, you, and your servants, and your people, who enter by these gates.”
and say,וְאָמַרְתָּ‘Hearשְׁמַעthe wordדְּבַרof YHWH,יְהוָהkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהwho sitsהַיֹּשֵׁבon the throneעַל כִּסֵּאof David,דָוִדyou,אַתָּהand your servants,וַעֲבָדֶיךָand your people,וְעַמְּךָwho enterהַבָּאִיםby these gates.בַּשְּׁעָרִים הָאֵלֶּה
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shema” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appearsYHWH
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” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yoshev” appearsthrone
Literally "the seat": the king's chair, or YHWH's, from which he rules.
Where else “kise” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsservant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avade” appearspeople
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “baim” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shearim” appears1Thus says YHWH: “Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
2 · This verse (above)
3Thus says YHWH: Do justice and righteousness, and rescue the one who is robbed from the hand of the oppressor; and the resident alien, the orphan, and the widow do not wrong, do not treat with violence; and innocent blood do not shed in this place.
