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ThusכֹּהYHWHיְהוָהsaidאָמַרto me:אֵלַי“Makeעֲשֵׂהfor yourselfלְךָstrapsמוֹסֵרוֹתand yokes,וּמֹטוֹתand put themוּנְתַתָּםon your neck,עַל צַוָּארֶךָ
Jeremiah 27:2
Study it in the app“Thus YHWH said to me: “Make for yourself straps and yokes, and put them on your neck,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 27:2, word by word
- 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- saidאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- “Makeעֲשֵׂהase
make
To build or create something.
Where else “ase” appears- strapsמוֹסֵרוֹתmoserot
bond, fetter
A bond, a strap that holds; a chain.
Where else “moserot” appears- and yokesמֹטוֹתmotot
yoke
A yoke; or oppression.
Where else “motot” appears- and put themנְתַתָּnetata
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “netata” appears- on your neckצַוָּארֶtsavare
neck
The neck.
Where else “tsavare” appears
The context
1At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from YHWH, saying,
2 · This verse (above)
3and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah;