And the wordוְ דְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהhad comeהָיָהto Jeremiahאֶל יִרְמְיָהוּwhile he wasבִּהְיֹתוֹconfinedעָצוּרin the courtבַּחֲצַרof the guard,הַמַּטָּרָהsaying,לֵאמֹר
Jeremiah 39:15
Study it in the app“And the word of YHWH had come to Jeremiah while he was confined in the court of the guard, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 39:15, word by word
- And the wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” 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- had comeהָיָהhaya
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “haya” 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- confinedעָצוּרatsur
restrain
To stop something, like rain or a plague.
Where else “atsur” appears- in the courtחֲצַרchatsar
court
An enclosed open space, like the temple's.
Where else “chatsar” appears- of the guardמַּטָּרָהmatara
guard
The court of the guard, an enclosure of the palace where someone was kept prisoner.
Where else “matara” 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
14they sent and took Jeremiah from the court of the guard and gave him to Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, to take him out to the house; and he stayed among the people.
15 · This verse (above)
16“Go, and say to Ebed-melech the Cushite, saying, ‘Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: Look, I am bringing my words to this city for evil and not for good, and they will be before you on that day.