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whichאֲשֶׁרJeremiahיִרְמְיָהוּthe prophetהַנָּבִיאspokeדִּבֶּרto allעַל כָּלthe peopleעַםof Judahיְהוּדָהand to allוְאֶל כָּלthe inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיof Jerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִַםsaying,לֵאמֹר
Jeremiah 25:2
Study it in the app“which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 25:2, word by word
- Jeremiahיִרְמְיָהוּyirmyahu
Jeremiah
Jeremiah: a name meaning "YHWH raises up" or "YHWH exalts," borne by several men: best known is the prophet, son of Hilkiah, from Anathoth (Jeremiah 1:1); in 2 Kings 23:31 and 24:18 another Jeremiah, of Libnah, grandfather of two kings.
Where else “yirmyahu” appears- the prophetנָּבִיאnavi
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appears- spokeדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- the peopleעַםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” 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- the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
1The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah —that was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon—
2 · This verse (above)
3“From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day —these twenty-three years— the word of YHWH has come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking, but you have not listened.