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ForכִּיI will surelyמַלֵּטlet you escape,אֲמַלֶּטְךָand by the swordוּבַחֶרֶבyou will notלֹאfall;תִפֹּלyou will haveוְהָיְתָה לְךָyour lifeנַפְשְׁךָas spoil,לְשָׁלָלbecauseכִּיyou have trustedבָטַחְתָּin me,בִּיdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.’”יְהוָה
Jeremiah 39:18
Study it in the app“For I will surely let you escape, and by the sword you will not fall; you will have your life as spoil, because you have trusted in me, declares YHWH.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 39:18, word by word
- I will surelyמַלֵּטmalet
rescue
To bring another out of danger and set him safe.
Where else “malet” appears- and by the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- fallתִפֹּלtipol
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “tipol” appears- you will haveהָיְתָהhayta
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “hayta” appears- your lifeנַפְשְׁnafsh
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsh” appears- as spoilשָׁלָלshalal
spoil, plunder
Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.
Where else “shalal” appears- you have trustedבָטַחְתָּvatachta
trust
To rely on someone, YHWH or man.
Where else “vatachta” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- YHWH.’יְהוָהyehva
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
The context
17But I will rescue you on that day, declares YHWH, and you will not be given into the hand of the men whom you dread.
18 · This verse (above)