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From afarמֵרָחוֹקYHWHיְהוָהappeared to me:נִרְאָה לִי“With an eternalעוֹלָםloveוְאַהֲבַתI have loved you;אֲהַבְתִּיךְthereforeעַל כֵּןI have drawn youמְשַׁכְתִּיךְwith loyal love.חָסֶד
Jeremiah 31:3
Study it in the app“From afar YHWH appeared to me: “With an eternal love I have loved you; therefore I have drawn you with loyal love.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 31:3, word by word
- From afarרָחוֹקrachok
far
To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.
Where else “rachok” 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- appeared to meנִרְאָהnira
appear
To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.
Where else “nira” appears- “With an eternalעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- loveאַהֲבַתahavat
love
Love: the affection that joins one person to another; also the love of YHWH for his people.
Where else “ahavat” appears- I have loved youאֲהַבְתִּיahavti
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ahavti” appears- I have drawn youמְשַׁכְתִּיmeshachti
draw
To pull something, drag it out.
Where else “meshachti” appears- with loyal loveחָסֶדchased
loyal love
God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.
Where else “chased” appears
Translation note
“I have drawn you with loyal love”: it can also be understood as “I have prolonged loyal love to you,” as in Psalm 36:10 (36:11 in Hebrew).
The context
2Thus says YHWH: “It found favor in the wilderness, the people of the survivors of the sword; Israel goes to his rest.”
3 · This verse (above)
4Again I will build you, and you will be built, virgin of Israel; again you will adorn yourself with your tambourines, and go out in the dance of those who make merry.