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Yetאַךְhearשְׁמַעthe wordדְּבַרof YHWH,יְהוָהZedekiahצִדְקִיָּהוּkingמֶלֶךְof Judah!יְהוּדָהThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהconcerning you:עָלֶיךָYou will notלֹאdieתָמוּתby the sword.בֶּחָרֶב
Jeremiah 34:4
Study it in the app“Yet hear the word of YHWH, Zedekiah king of Judah! Thus says YHWH concerning you: You will not die by the sword.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 34:4, word by word
- hearשְׁמַעshema
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shema” appears- 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- Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּהוּtsidkiyahu
Zedekiah
Zedekiah: a name meaning "YHWH is righteousness." It is borne by several people, among them the prophet, son of Chenaanah, who announced a false victory to Ahab (1 Kings 22), and the last king of Judah (2 Kings 24:17).
Where else “tsidkiyahu” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- 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.
Where else “yehuda” appears- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- dieתָמוּתtamut
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “tamut” appears- by the swordחָרֶבcharev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charev” appears
The context
3And you will not escape from his hand, but you will surely be seized and into his hand you will be given; and your eyes will see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and his mouth will speak with your mouth, and to Babylon you will go.
4 · This verse (above)
5In peace you will die; and as with the burnings for your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so they will burn for you, and ‘Alas, lord!’ they will lament for you; for I have spoken the word, declares YHWH.”