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But neither heוְלֹא הוּאnor his servantsוַעֲבָדָיוnor the peopleוְעַםof the landהָאָרֶץlistenedשָׁמַעto the wordsאֶל דִּבְרֵיof YHWHיְהוָהthatאֲשֶׁרhe spokeדִּבֶּרthroughבְּיַדJeremiahיִרְמְיָהוּthe prophet.הַנָּבִיא
Jeremiah 37:2
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Jeremiah 37:2, word by word
- nor his servantsעֲבָדָיavaday
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appears- nor the peopleעַםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- of the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- listenedשָׁמַעshama
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shama” appears- to 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- he spokeדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- throughיַדyad
through
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appears- 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- the prophetנָּבִיאnavi
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appears
The context
1And King Zedekiah son of Josiah reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
2 · This verse (above)
3And King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “Pray, please, for us to YHWH our Elohim.”