Jeremiah 26:20

“And there was also a man prophesying in the name of YHWH, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim; and he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah.”

Jeremiah 26:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 26:20, word by word

And there wasהָיָהhaya

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

Where else “haya” appears
a manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

Where else “ish” appears
prophesyingמִתְנַבֵּאmitnabe

prophesy

To speak what God's spirit gives to say.

Where else “mitnabe” appears
in the nameשֵׁםshem

name of YHWH

YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.

Where else “shem” appears
of 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
Uriahאוּרִיָּהוּuriyahu

Uriah

Uriah: the name of several men; the best known is the Hittite, one of David's mighty men and husband of Bathsheba, whom David had killed in battle (2 Samuel 11). It means "my light is YHWH."

Where else “uriyahu” appears
sonבֶּןben

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “ben” appears
of Shemaiahשְׁמַעְיָהוּshemayahu

Shemaiah

Shemaiah: a name meaning "Yah has heard." About twenty-five people in the Bible bear it; among them the man of Elohim who told Rehoboam not to fight against Israel (1 Kings 12:22).

Where else “shemayahu” appears
from Kiriath-jearimקִּרְיַתkiryat

Kiriath-jearim

Kiriath-jearim: a city of the Gibeonites, later of Judah. The name means "city of the forests."

Where else “kiryat” appears
against this cityעִירir

city

A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.

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and against this landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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the wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

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of 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.

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The context

19Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah actually put him to death? Did he not fear YHWH and entreat the face of YHWH, and YHWH relented concerning the evil that he had spoken against them? But we are doing great evil against our own souls.”

20 · This verse (above)

21And King Jehoiakim heard —and all his mighty men and all the princes— his words, and the king sought to put him to death; and Uriah heard of it, and he was afraid and fled and went to Egypt.

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