Yet youוְאַתָּהhave saidאָמַרְתָּto me,אֵלַיAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH,יְהוִה“Buyקְנֵהfor yourselfלְךָthe fieldהַשָּׂדֶהwith silver,בַּכֶּסֶףand haveוְwitnessesעֵדִיםtestify,”הָעֵדthough the cityוְהָעִירhas been givenנִתְּנָהinto the handבְּיַדof the Chaldeans.’”הַכַּשְׂדִּים
Jeremiah 32:25
Study it in the app“Yet you have said to me, Adonai YHWH, “Buy for yourself the field with silver, and have witnesses testify,” though the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 32:25, word by word
- have saidאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- “Buyקְנֵהkene
buy
To give silver in order to become the owner of something.
Where else “kene” appears- the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
farmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sade” appears- with silverכֶּסֶףkesef
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kesef” appears- witnessesעֵדִיםedim
witness
Someone who vouches for what he saw; YHWH is one too.
Where else “edim” appears- testifyהָעֵדhaed
testify
To declare what one knows, or summon others to vouch for one's words.
Where else “haed” appears- though the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- has been givenנִתְּנָהnitna
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “nitna” appears- into the handיַדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of the Chaldeans.’כַּשְׂדִּיםkasdim
Chaldean
The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.
Where else “kasdim” appears
The context
24Look, the siege ramps have come to the city to capture it, and the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it, because of the sword and the famine and the pestilence; and what you have spoken has happened, and look, you see it.
25 · This verse (above)
26And the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah, saying,