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ForכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhas ransomedפָדָהJacob,אֶת יַעֲקֹבand has redeemed himוּגְאָלוֹfrom the handמִיַּדof one strongerחָזָקthan he.מִמֶּנּוּ
Jeremiah 31:11
Study it in the app“For YHWH has ransomed Jacob, and has redeemed him from the hand of one stronger than he.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 31:11, 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 ransomedפָדָהfada
redeem
To set someone free from slavery or danger, as God did with Israel.
Where else “fada” appears- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- and has redeemed himגְאָלgeal
redeem
To buy back a relative or their land.
Where else “geal” appears- from the handיַּדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- of one strongerחָזָקchazak
strong
Of great power or intensity: a hand, a wind or a famine no one can withstand.
Where else “chazak” appears
The context
10Hear the word of YHWH, nations, and declare it in the coastlands far away, and say: ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, and he will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.’
11 · This verse (above)
12And they will come and sing for joy on the height of Zion, and they will stream to the goodness of YHWH, to the grain and to the new wine and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd; and their soul will be like a watered garden, and they will not languish ever again.