thusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot:צְבָאוֹתLook, I amהִנְנִיsendingמְשַׁלֵּחַagainst themבָּםthe sword,אֶת הַחֶרֶבthe famine,אֶת הָרָעָבand the pestilence,וְאֶת הַדָּבֶרand I will makeוְנָתַתִּיthemאוֹתָםlike the repulsiveכַּ הַשֹּׁעָרִיםfigsתְּאֵנִיםthatאֲשֶׁרcannotלֹאbe eatenתֵאָכַלְנָהfor badness.מֵרֹעַ
Jeremiah 29:17
Study it in the app“thus says YHWH Tsevaot: Look, I am sending against them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and I will make them like the repulsive figs that cannot be eaten for badness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 29:17, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” 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- sendingמְשַׁלֵּחַmeshaleach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “meshaleach” appears- the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- the famineרָעָבraav
famine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appears- and the pestilenceדָּבֶרdaver
plague, pestilence
Pestilence: a disease that kills many in a short time.
Where else “daver” appears- and I will makeנָתַתִּיnatati
make
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “natati” appears- like the repulsiveשֹּׁעָרִיםshoarim
rotten
Repulsive, rotten, disgusting.
Where else “shoarim” appears- figsתְּאֵנִיםteenim
fig
The fruit of the fig tree, eaten fresh or pressed into cakes.
Where else “teenim” appears- be eatenתֵאָכַלְנָהteachalna
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “teachalna” appears- for badnessרֹעַroa
ugliness
Poor quality, unpleasant look.
Where else “roa” appears
The context
16for thus says YHWH concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who live in this city, your brothers who did not go out with you into exile,
17 · This verse (above)
18And I will pursue them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and I will make them a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse and a horror and a hissing and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them,