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And Micaiahוַ מִכָיְהוּsonבֶןof Gemariah,גְּמַרְיָהוּsonבֶןof Shaphan,שָׁפָןheardיִּשְׁמַעallאֶת כָּלthe wordsדִּבְרֵיof YHWHיְהוָהfrom the book,מֵעַל הַסֵּפֶר
Jeremiah 36:11
Study it in the app“And Micaiah son of Gemariah, son of Shaphan, heard all the words of YHWH from the book,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 36:11, word by word
- And Micaiahמִכָיְהוּmichayhu
Micaiah
Micaiah: a name meaning "who is like Yah?" It is borne by several people, among them the prophet, son of Imlah, who told Ahab the truth although the king hated him (1 Kings 22).
Where else “michayhu” appears- sonבֶןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- of Gemariahגְּמַרְיָהוּgemaryahu
Gemariah
Gemariah: a name meaning "YHWH has accomplished," borne by two men in Jeremiah's time.
Where else “gemaryahu” appears- of Shaphanשָׁפָןshafan
Shaphan
Shaphan, a man's name, like Josiah's scribe.
Where else “shafan” appears- heardיִּשְׁמַעyishma
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “yishma” appears- the wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” 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- from the bookסֵּפֶרsefer
book
A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.
Where else “sefer” appears
The context
10And Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of YHWH, in the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entrance of the New Gate of the house of YHWH, in the ears of all the people.
11 · This verse (above)
12and he went down to the house of the king, into the chamber of the scribe; and look, there all the princes were sitting: Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan son of Achbor, and Gemariah son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the princes.