Jeremiah 31:7

“For thus says YHWH: “Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout at the head of the nations; proclaim, praise, and say, ‘Save, YHWH, your people, the remnant of Israel.’”

Jeremiah 31:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 31:7, 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
“Singרָנּוּranu

shout for joy

To raise a glad cry.

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with gladnessשִׂמְחָהsimcha

joy

Joy, gladness, celebration.

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for 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.

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and shoutצַהֲלוּtsahalu

shout for joy

To raise the voice for joy.

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at the headרֹאשׁrosh

chief

Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.

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of the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

Where else “goyim” appears
proclaimהַשְׁמִיעוּhashmiu

proclaim

Literally "make hear": to make known to all.

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praiseהַלְלוּhallu

praise

To celebrate someone's greatness with voice and song, above all YHWH's.

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‘Saveהוֹשַׁעhosha

save

To rescue someone from danger.

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your peopleעַמְּam

Ammi

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

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the remnantשְׁאֵרִיתsheerit

remnant

Remnant: those left alive after a disaster.

Where else “sheerit” appears
of Israel.’יִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

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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The context

6For there will be a day when the watchers will call out on the mountain of Ephraim: ‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion, to YHWH our Elohim.’”

7 · This verse (above)

8Look, I am bringing them from the land of the north, and I will gather them from the far ends of the earth; among them the blind and the lame, the pregnant woman and the one giving birth together; a great assembly will return here.

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