But Jeremiahוַ יִרְמְיָהוּsaid,יֹּאמֶר“They will notלֹאgive you over.יִתֵּנוּListen,שְׁמַעplease,נָאto the voiceבְּקוֹלof YHWHיְהוָהin whatלַאֲשֶׁרIאֲנִיam speakingדֹּבֵרto you,אֵלֶיךָand it will go wellוְיִיטַבwith you,לְךָand your soul will live.וּתְחִי נַפְשֶׁךָ
Jeremiah 38:20
Study it in the app“But Jeremiah said, “They will not give you over. Listen, please, to the voice of YHWH in what I am speaking to you, and it will go well with you, and your soul will live.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 38:20, word by word
- But 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- give you overיִתֵּנוּyitenu
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “yitenu” appears- Listenשְׁמַעshema
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shema” appears- to the voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” 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- am speakingדֹּבֵרdover
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dover” appears- and it will go wellיִיטַבyitav
go well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “yitav” appears- and your soul will liveתְחִיtechi
live
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “techi” appears- and your soul will liveנַפְשֶׁnafshe
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshe” appears
The context
19And King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am anxious about the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, lest they give me into their hand and they abuse me.”
20 · This verse (above)
21But if you refuse to go out, this is the word that YHWH has shown me: