Jeremiah 33:4

“For thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah that are torn down for the siege ramps and for the sword:”

Jeremiah 33:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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saysאָמַרamar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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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
the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohe” appears
of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

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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concerning the housesבָּתֵּיbate

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

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of this cityעִירir

city

A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.

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of the kingsמַלְכֵיmalche

king

A king who rules a people.

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of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda

Judah

Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.

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that are torn downנְּתֻצִיםnetutsim

tear down

Tear down, pull down, break down.

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the siege rampsסֹּלְלוֹתsollot

siege ramp

Siege ramp: a mound of earth that an army raised against the wall of a besieged city in order to climb up and attack it.

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and for the swordחָרֶבcharev

sword

A sword; or war.

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The context

3Call to me, and I will answer you, and I will declare to you great things and inaccessible things that you have not known.

4 · This verse (above)

5They are coming to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them with the corpses of the human beings whom I have struck in my anger and in my fury, and because I have hidden my face from this city because of all their evil.

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