And the priestsוַ הַכֹּהֲנִיםand the prophetsוְהַנְּבִאִיםand allוְכָלthe peopleהָעָםheardיִּשְׁמְעוּJeremiahאֶת יִרְמְיָהוּspeakingמְדַבֵּרthese wordsאֶת הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּהin the houseבְּבֵיתof YHWH.יְהוָה
Jeremiah 26:7
Study it in the app“And the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 26:7, word by word
- And the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appears- and the prophetsנְּבִאִיםneviim
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “neviim” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- heardיִּשְׁמְעוּyishmu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “yishmu” appears- 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- speakingמְדַבֵּרmedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “medaber” appears- these wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- in the houseבֵיתvet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “vet” 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
The context
6then I will make this house like Shiloh, and this city I will make a curse for all the nations of the earth.’”
7 · This verse (above)
8And it happened, when Jeremiah finished speaking all that YHWH had commanded him to speak to all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, “You shall surely die!