And Jeremiahוַ יִרְמְיָהוּthe prophetהַנָּבִיאsaidיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵיהֶם“I have heard.שָׁמַעְתִּיLook, Iהִנְנִיwill prayמִתְפַּלֵּלto YHWHאֶל יְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֵיכֶםaccording to your words;כְּדִבְרֵיכֶםand it will be thatוְהָיָהeveryכָּלwordהַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהanswersיַעֲנֶהyouאֶתְכֶםI will tellאַגִּידyou;לָכֶםI will notלֹאwithholdאֶמְנַעfrom youמִכֶּםa word.”דָּבָר
Jeremiah 42:4
Study it in the app“And 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 42:4, word by word
- And 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- the prophetנָּבִיאnavi
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “I have heardשָׁמַעְתִּיshamati
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamati” appears- will prayמִתְפַּלֵּלmitpalel
pray
To talk with God, often asking for others.
Where else “mitpalel” appears- to 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 Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- according to your wordsדִבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- and it will be thatהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- answersיַעֲנֶהyaane
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaane” appears- I will tellאַגִּידagid
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “agid” appears- withholdאֶמְנַעemna
withhold
Withhold, refuse, hold back.
Where else “emna” appears
The context
3that YHWH your Elohim may tell us the way in which we should walk and the thing that we should do.”
4 · This verse (above)
5And they said to Jeremiah, “May YHWH be against us a true and faithful witness if we do not do so according to every word with which YHWH your Elohim sends you to us.