Study it in the app“‘Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: Take these deeds, this deed of purchase, the sealed one, and this open deed, and put them in a vessel of clay, so that they may last many days.”
‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵלTakeלָקוֹחַthese deeds,אֶת הַסְּפָרִים הָאֵלֶּהthis deedאֵת סֵפֶר הַזֶּהof purchase,הַמִּקְנָהthe sealed one,וְאֵת הֶחָתוּםand this openוְאֵת הַגָּלוּי הַזֶּהdeed,סֵפֶרand put themוּנְתַתָּםin a vesselבִּכְלִיof clay,חָרֶשׂso thatלְמַעַןthey may lastיַעַמְדוּmany days.יָמִים רַבִּים
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsYHWH
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” appearsTsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsIsrael
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” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakoach” appearsdeed
An official paper, like one granting divorce.
Where else “sefarim” appearspurchase
What is bought: an acquisition made with silver.
Where else “mikna” appearsseal, stop up
Seal, close up. Of the body, be blocked so that a discharge does not come out.
Where else “chatum” appearsuncover
To remove what covers, leaving something in view.
Where else “galuy” appearsmake
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “netata” appearsvessel
Any container for keeping or carrying liquids and food.
Where else “cheli” appearsearthenware
Baked clay, earthenware; a piece of pottery.
Where else “chares” appearsendure
To hold firm, without falling or coming to an end.
Where else “yaamdu” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appearsmany
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears13And I commanded Baruch before their eyes, saying,
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15For thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards will again be bought in this land.’
