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And you shall sayוְאָמַרְתָּto them,אֲלֵיהֶם‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהIfאִםyou do notלֹאlistenתִשְׁמְעוּto me,אֵלַיto walkלָלֶכֶתin my instructionבְּתוֹרָתִיthatאֲשֶׁרI have setנָתַתִּיbefore you,לִפְנֵיכֶם
Jeremiah 26:4
Study it in the app“And you shall say to them, ‘Thus says YHWH: If you do not listen to me, to walk in my instruction that I have set before you,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 26:4, word by word
- And you shall sayאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” 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- listenתִשְׁמְעוּtishmu
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “tishmu” appears- to walkלֶכֶתlechet
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “lechet” appears- in my instructionתוֹרָתִtorati
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “torati” appears- I have setנָתַתִּיnatati
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natati” appears- before youפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears
The context
3Perhaps they will listen and turn back, each one from his evil way, and I will relent concerning the evil that I am planning to do to them because of the evil of their deeds.
4 · This verse (above)
5to listen to the words of my servants the prophets whom I am sending to you, rising early and sending, but you have not listened,