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ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהDo notאַלdeceiveתַּשִּׁאוּyour souls,נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶםsaying,לֵאמֹר‘The Chaldeansהַכַּשְׂדִּיםwill surely go awayהָלֹךְ יֵלְכוּfrom us,’מֵעָלֵינוּforכִּיthey will notלֹאgo away.יֵלֵכוּ
Jeremiah 37:9
Study it in the app“Thus says YHWH: Do not deceive your souls, saying, ‘The Chaldeans will surely go away from us,’ for they will not go away.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 37:9, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” 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- deceiveתַּשִּׁאוּtashiu
deceive
To make someone believe something false.
Where else “tashiu” appears- your soulsנַפְשֹׁתֵיnafshote
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshote” appears- ‘The Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkasdim
Chaldean
The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.
Where else “kasdim” appears- will surely go awayהָלֹךְhaloch
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “haloch” appears- will surely go awayיֵלְכוּyelchu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appears
The context
8And the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city, and they will capture it and burn it with fire.’
9 · This verse (above)
10For even if you struck down the whole army of the Chaldeans who are fighting against you, and there remained among them wounded men, each in his tent, they would rise up and burn this city with fire.”