Jeremiah 39:15

“And the word of YHWH had come to Jeremiah while he was confined in the court of the guard, saying,”

Jeremiah 39:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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