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“Goהָלוֹךְand sayוְאָמַרְתָּto Hananiah,אֶל חֲנַנְיָהsaying:לֵאמֹר‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהYokesמוֹטֹתof woodעֵץyou have broken,שָׁבָרְתָּbut you will makeוְעָשִׂיתָin their placeתַחְתֵּיהֶןyokesמֹטוֹתof iron.בַּרְזֶל
Jeremiah 28:13
Study it in the app““Go and say to Hananiah, saying: ‘Thus says YHWH: Yokes of wood you have broken, but you will make in their place yokes of iron.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 28:13, word by word
- “Goהָלוֹךְhaloch
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “haloch” appears- and sayאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appears- to Hananiahחֲנַנְיָהchananya
Hananiah
Hananiah: name of many Israelites. It means "YHWH has been gracious."
Where else “chananya” 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- Yokesמוֹטֹתmotot
yoke
A yoke; or oppression.
Where else “motot” appears- of woodעֵץets
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “ets” appears- you have brokenשָׁבָרְתָּshavarta
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “shavarta” appears- but you will makeעָשִׂיתָasita
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asita” appears- of ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel
iron
Iron; an iron tool.
Where else “barzel” appears
The context
12And the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah, after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, saying:
13 · This verse (above)
14For thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: A yoke of iron I have put on the neck of all these nations to serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him; and even the animals of the field I have given him.’”