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that YHWHוְ יְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָmay tellיַגֶּדusלָנוּthe wayאֶת הַדֶּרֶךְin whichאֲשֶׁר בָּהּwe should walkנֵלֶךְand the thingוְאֶת הַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרwe should do.”נַעֲשֶׂה
Jeremiah 42:3
Study it in the app“that YHWH your Elohim may tell us the way in which we should walk and the thing that we should do.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 42:3, word by word
- that 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- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- may tellיַגֶּדyaged
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yaged” appears- the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- we should walkנֵלֶךְnelech
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “nelech” appears- and the thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- we should doנַעֲשֶׂהnaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “naase” appears
The context
2and they said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Please let our supplication fall before you, and pray for us to YHWH your Elohim, for all this remnant —for we are left a few out of many, as your eyes see us—
3 · This verse (above)
4And Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard. Look, I will pray to YHWH your Elohim according to your words; and it will be that every word that YHWH answers you I will tell you; I will not withhold from you a word.”