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And it happenedוַיְהִיin the fourthהָרְבִיעִתyearבַּשָּׁנָהof Jehoiakimלִיהוֹיָקִיםsonבֶּןof Josiah,יֹאשִׁיָּהוּkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהthat this wordהַדָּבָר הַזֶּהcameהָיָהto Jeremiahאֶל יִרְמְיָהוּfromמֵאֵתYHWH,יְהוָהsaying,לֵאמֹר
Jeremiah 36:1
Study it in the app“And it happened in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from YHWH, saying,”
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Jeremiah 36:1, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- in the fourthרְבִיעִתreviit
fourth
What holds the place after the third.
Where else “reviit” appears- yearשָּׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- of Jehoiakimיהוֹיָקִיםyhoyakim
Jehoiakim
Jehoiakim: a name meaning "YHWH raises up." The name Pharaoh Neco gave to Eliakim son of Josiah when he made him king of Judah (2 Kings 23:34-24:6). Not to be confused with his son Jehoiachin.
Where else “yhoyakim” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Josiahיֹאשִׁיָּהוּyoshiyahu
Josiah
Josiah: a name that, according to the lexicon, means "founded by Yah." He is the king of Judah announced by name in 1 Kings 13:2, who reigned about three hundred years later (2 Kings 22–23); a man in Zechariah 6:10 is also called this.
Where else “yoshiyahu” 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- that this wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- 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- 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- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2“Take for yourself a scroll of a book, and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you concerning Israel and concerning Judah and concerning all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah until this day.