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“ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH,יְהוָהwho made it,עֹשָׂהּYHWH,יְהוָהwho formsיוֹצֵרitאוֹתָהּto establish it,לַהֲכִינָהּYHWH isיְהוָהhis name:שְׁמוֹ
Jeremiah 33:2
Study it in the app““Thus says YHWH, who made it, YHWH, who forms it to establish it, YHWH is his name:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 33:2, 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- who made itעֹשָׂosa
make
To build or create something.
Where else “osa” appears- who formsיוֹצֵרyotser
mold
To mold, as God molded man from dust.
Where else “yotser” appears- to establish itהֲכִינָhachina
establish
To make something firm, establish it.
Where else “hachina” appears- his nameשְׁמshem
name of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shem” appears
Translation note
“Who made it… forms it”: the Hebrew does not say what.
The context
1And the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the guard, saying,
2 · This verse (above)
3Call to me, and I will answer you, and I will declare to you great things and inaccessible things that you have not known.