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Thusכֹּהyou shall sayתֹאמַרto the prophet,אֶל הַנָּבִיא‘Whatמֶהhas YHWHיְהוָהanswered you?’עָנָךְand ‘Whatוּמַהhas YHWHיְהוָהspoken?’דִּבֶּר
Jeremiah 23:37
Study it in the app“Thus you shall say to the prophet, ‘What has YHWH answered you?’ and ‘What has YHWH spoken?’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 23:37, word by word
- you shall sayתֹאמַרtomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomar” appears- to the prophetנָּבִיאnavi
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appears- has 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- answered you?’עָנָana
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “ana” appears- spoken?’דִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears
The context
36But ‘the burden of YHWH’ you shall not mention again, for the burden will be to each man his own word; and you have overturned the words of the living Elohim, of YHWH Tsevaot, our Elohim.
37 · This verse (above)
38But if ‘the burden of YHWH’ you say, therefore thus says YHWH: Because you have said this word, ‘The burden of YHWH,’ when I sent to you, saying, ‘You shall not say, “The burden of YHWH,”’