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“As Iאָנִיlive,חַיdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהeven ifכִּי אִםConiahכָּנְיָהוּsonבֶןof Jehoiakim,יְהוֹיָקִיםkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהwereיִהְיֶהthe sealחוֹתָםon my rightיַד יְמִינִיhand,עַלyetכִּיfrom thereמִשָּׁםI would tear you off.אֶתְּקֶנְךָּ
Jeremiah 22:24
Study it in the app““As I live, declares YHWH, even if Coniah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the seal on my right hand, yet from there I would tear you off.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 22:24, word by word
- liveחַיchay
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chay” 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- Coniahכָּנְיָהוּkanyahu
Coniah
Coniah: another name of King Jehoiachin (Jeconiah).
Where else “kanyahu” appears- sonבֶןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- of Jehoiakimיְהוֹיָקִיםyehoyakim
Jehoiakim
Jehoiakim: a name meaning "YHWH raises up." The name Pharaoh Neco gave to Eliakim son of Josiah when he made him king of Judah (2 Kings 23:34-24:6). Not to be confused with his son Jehoiachin.
Where else “yehoyakim” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
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” appears- wereיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- the sealחוֹתָםchotam
seal
Seal: an engraved piece that served as a personal signature; it was worn hanging from a cord or as a ring.
Where else “chotam” appears- on my rightיַדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- on my rightיְמִינִyemini
right hand
The hand on the side of strength and honor.
Where else “yemini” appears- I would tear you offאֶתְּקֶetke
tear off, break
Tear off, break by pulling.
Where else “etke” appears
Translation note
Coniah is King Jehoiachin (2 Kings 24:8-15), also called Jeconiah (24:1; Matthew 1:11-12). In Haggai 2:23 YHWH makes Zerubbabel, Jehoiachin's grandson, “like a seal.”
The context
23You who dwell in Lebanon, who nest in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs come upon you, anguish as of a woman giving birth!
24 · This verse (above)
25And I will give you into the hand of those who seek your life, and into the hand of those whom you dread, before them, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.