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Then the wordוַיְהִי דְּבַרof YHWHיְהוָהcame to Jeremiah,אֶל יִרְמְיָהוּsaying,לֵאמֹר
Jeremiah 35:12
Study it in the app“Then the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 35:12, word by word
- Then the wordיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- Then 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
11But it happened, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against the land, that we said, ‘Come, and let us go to Jerusalem, because of the army of the Chaldeans and because of the army of Aram’; so we have lived in Jerusalem.”
12 · This verse (above)
13“Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: Go and say to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Will you not receive correction by listening to my words? declares YHWH.