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and commandוְצִוִּיתָthemאֹתָםto say to their masters,אֶל אֲדֹנֵיהֶםsaying,לֵאמֹר‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵלThusכֹּהyou shall sayתֹאמְרוּto your masters:אֶל אֲדֹנֵיכֶם
Jeremiah 27:4
Study it in the app“and command them to say to their masters, saying, ‘Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: Thus you shall say to your masters:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 27:4, word by word
- and commandצִוִּיתָtsivita
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsivita” appears- to say to their mastersאֲדֹנֵיadone
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adone” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” 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- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
The context
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;
4 · This verse (above)
5I made the earth, the human beings and the animals that are on the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and I give it to whomever it seems right in my eyes.