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And the wordוַיְהִי דְּבַרof YHWHיְהוָהcame to Jeremiah,אֶל יִרְמְיָהוּsaying,לֵאמֹר
Jeremiah 33:23
Study it in the app“And the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 33:23, word by word
- And the wordיְהִיyehi
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yehi” appears- And the wordדְּבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of 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- came to Jeremiahיִרְמְיָהוּyirmyahu
Jeremiah
Jeremiah: a name meaning "YHWH raises up" or "YHWH exalts," borne by several men: best known is the prophet, son of Hilkiah, from Anathoth (Jeremiah 1:1); in 2 Kings 23:31 and 24:18 another Jeremiah, of Libnah, grandfather of two kings.
Where else “yirmyahu” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears
The context
22As the army of the heavens cannot be counted, and the sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant, and the Levites who minister to me.”
23 · This verse (above)
24“Have you not seen what this people have spoken, saying, ‘The two families that YHWH chose, he has rejected them’? And my people they despise, so that it is no longer a nation in their sight.