‘YHWHיְהוָהhas made youנְתָנְךָpriestכֹהֵןin place ofתַּחַתJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָעthe priest,הַכֹּהֵןso that there may beלִהְיוֹתoverseersפְּקִדִיםin the houseבֵּיתof YHWHיְהוָהfor everyלְכָלmanאִישׁwho is madמְשֻׁגָּעand makes himself a prophet,וּמִתְנַבֵּאthat you may put himוְנָתַתָּה אֹתוֹin the stocksאֶל הַמַּהְפֶּכֶתand in the collar.וְאֶל הַצִּינֹק
Jeremiah 29:26
Study it in the app“‘YHWH has made you priest in place of Jehoiada the priest, so that there may be overseers in the house of YHWH for every man who is mad and makes himself a prophet, that you may put him in the stocks and in the collar.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 29:26, 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- has made youנְתָנְnetan
make
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “netan” appears- priestכֹהֵןchohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “chohen” appears- Jehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָעyehoyada
Jehoiada
Jehoiada: the name of several men; among them the father of Benaiah (2 Samuel 8:18) and the priest who protected King Joash (2 Kings 11). It means "YHWH knows."
Where else “yehoyada” appears- so that there may beהְיוֹתheot
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “heot” appears- overseersפְּקִדִיםpekidim
overseer
Overseer, officer in charge.
Where else “pekidim” appears- in the houseבֵּיתbet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- who is madמְשֻׁגָּעmeshuga
be mad
Be mad, have lost one's mind.
Where else “meshuga” appears- and makes himself a prophetמִתְנַבֵּאmitnabe
pose as prophet
To speak as God's message what God has not said.
Where else “mitnabe” appears- in the stocksמַּהְפֶּכֶתmahpechet
stocks
Stocks: a wooden device that held a prisoner by the feet, hands or neck in a forced position. "The house of the stocks" is the prison.
Where else “mahpechet” appears- and in the collarצִּינֹקtsinok
collar
A collar or stocks for the neck, in which a prisoner was held.
Where else “tsinok” appears
The context
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,
26 · This verse (above)
27And now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you?