Jeremiah 30:3

“For look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, says YHWH, and I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.””

Jeremiah 30:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 30:3, word by word

daysיָמִיםyamim

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

Where else “yamim” appears
are comingבָּאִיםbaim

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “baim” appears
declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

Where else “neum” 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
when I will bring backשַׁבְתִּיshavti

bring back

To return something, restore.

Where else “shavti” appears
the captivityשְׁבוּתshevut

captivity, fortunes

Captivity: the condition of those taken away as prisoners far from their land. "Turn back the captivity" is to restore someone to his former state.

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of my peopleעַמִּami

Ammi

Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".

Where else “ami” appears
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.

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and Judahיהוּדָהyhuda

Judah

Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.

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saysאָמַרamar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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to the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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I gaveנָתַתִּיnatati

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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to their fathersאֲבוֹתָavota

forefather

Ancestors, those who came before in the family.

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and they will possess itירֵשׁוּyreshu

possess

To occupy a land and make it one's own.

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The context

2“Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, saying: Write for yourself all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.

3 · This verse (above)

4And these are the words that YHWH spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah:

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