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And to Shemaiahוְאֶל שְׁמַעְיָהוּthe Nehelamiteהַנֶּחֱלָמִיyou shall speak,תֹּאמַרsaying:לֵאמֹר
Jeremiah 29:24
Study it in the app“And to Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 29:24, word by word
- And to Shemaiahשְׁמַעְיָהוּshemayahu
Shemaiah
Shemaiah: a name meaning "Yah has heard." About twenty-five people in the Bible bear it; among them the man of Elohim who told Rehoboam not to fight against Israel (1 Kings 12:22).
Where else “shemayahu” appears- the Nehelamiteנֶּחֱלָמִיnechelami
Nehelamite
Nehelamite: someone from Nehelam, a place that is not known.
Where else “nechelami” appears- you shall speakתֹּאמַרtomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomar” appears
The context
23because they have done an outrage in Israel, and they have committed adultery with the wives of their neighbors, and they have spoken a word in my name, falsehood, which I did not command them; and I am the one who knows, and a witness, declares YHWH.”
24 · This verse (above)
25“Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel, saying: Because you have sent in your name letters to all the people who are in Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying,