ForכִּיthusכֹהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵלDo notאַלlet your prophetsנְבִיאֵיכֶםdeceive you,יַשִּׁיאוּ לָכֶםwhoאֲשֶׁרare among you,בְּקִרְבְּכֶםand your diviners,וְקֹסְמֵיכֶםand do notוְאַלlistenתִּשְׁמְעוּto your dreamsאֶל חֲלֹמֹתֵיכֶםthatאֲשֶׁרyouאַתֶּםcause them to dream.מַחְלְמִים
Jeremiah 29:8
Study it in the app“For thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: Do not let your prophets deceive you, who are among you, and your diviners, and do not listen to your dreams that you cause them to dream.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 29:8, 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- 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- let your prophetsנְבִיאֵיnevie
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “nevie” appears- deceive youיַשִּׁיאוּyashiu
deceive
To make someone believe something false.
Where else “yashiu” appears- are among youקִרְבְּkirb
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirb” appears- and your divinersקֹסְמֵיkosme
practice divination
Practice divination: try to learn what is hidden by casting lots or by signs.
Where else “kosme” appears- listenתִּשְׁמְעוּtishmu
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “tishmu” appears- to your dreamsחֲלֹמֹתֵיchalomote
dream
Dream: what one sees while asleep. In the Bible, God sometimes speaks through dreams.
Where else “chalomote” appears- cause them to dreamמַחְלְמִיםmachlmim
dream
To see images and scenes while asleep.
Where else “machlmim” appears
The context
7And seek the peace of the city where I have carried you into exile, and pray for it to YHWH, for in its peace you will have peace.
8 · This verse (above)
9For in falsehood they are prophesying to you in my name; I did not send them, declares YHWH.