And there wasהָיָהalsoוְגַםa manאִישׁprophesyingמִתְנַבֵּאin the nameבְּשֵׁםof YHWH,יְהוָהUriahאוּרִיָּהוּsonבֶּןof Shemaiahשְׁמַעְיָהוּfrom Kiriath-jearim;מִקִּרְיַת הַיְּעָרִיםand he prophesiedוַיִּנָּבֵאagainst this cityעַל הָעִיר הַזֹּאתand against this landוְעַל הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאתaccording to allכְּכֹלthe wordsדִּבְרֵיof Jeremiah.יִרְמְיָהוּ
Jeremiah 26:20
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “ir” appears- and against this landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- the wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- 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.
Where else “yirmyahu” appears
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.