And I will giveוְנָתַתִּיthemלָהֶםa heartלֵבto knowלָדַעַתme,אֹתִיthatכִּיI amאֲנִיYHWH;יְהוָהand they will beוְהָיוּmyלִיpeople,לְעָםand Iוְאָנֹכִיwill beאֶהְיֶהtheirלָהֶםElohim,לֵאלֹהִיםforכִּיthey will returnיָשֻׁבוּto meאֵלַיwith allבְּכָלtheir heart.לִבָּם
Jeremiah 24:7
Study it in the app“And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am YHWH; and they will be my people, and I will be their Elohim, for they will return to me with all their heart.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 24:7, word by word
- And I will giveנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appears- a heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- to knowדַעַתdaat
acknowledge
To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.
Where else “daat” 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- and they will beהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- peopleעָםam
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “am” appears- Elohimאלֹהִיםlohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” appears- they will returnיָשֻׁבוּyashuvu
turn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “yashuvu” appears
Translation note
Cf. 31:33; 32:39; Ezekiel 36:26.
The context
6And I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land; and I will build them and not tear them down; and I will plant them and not uproot them.
7 · This verse (above)
8And like the figs that are bad, which cannot be eaten for badness —for thus says YHWH— so will I give up Zedekiah king of Judah, and his princes, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and those who live in the land of Egypt.