And YHWHוְ יְהוָהcouldיוּכַלnoלֹאlongerעוֹדbear itלָשֵׂאתbecause ofמִפְּנֵיthe evilרֹעַof your deeds,מַעַלְלֵיכֶםbecause ofמִפְּנֵיthe abominationsהַתּוֹעֵבֹתthatאֲשֶׁרyou committed;עֲשִׂיתֶםso your landוַ אַרְצְכֶםhas becomeתְּהִיa ruinלְחָרְבָּהand a horrorוּלְשַׁמָּהand a curse,וְלִקְלָלָהwithoutמֵאֵיןinhabitant,יוֹשֵׁבas it is this day.כְּהַיּוֹם הַזֶּה
Jeremiah 44:22
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Jeremiah 44:22, word by word
- And 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- couldיוּכַלyuchal
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yuchal” appears- bear itשֵׂאתset
carry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “set” appears- because ofפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- the evilרֹעַroa
evil
The wickedness of deeds or the heart.
Where else “roa” appears- of your deedsמַעַלְלֵיmaalle
deeds, doings
Deeds, doings; what someone does, good or bad.
Where else “maalle” appears- the abominationsתּוֹעֵבֹתtoevot
abomination
Abomination: something that a people or God rejects with disgust, above all idolatry and the practices God forbids; also a custom another people will not tolerate.
Where else “toevot” appears- you committedעֲשִׂיתֶםasitem
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asitem” appears- so your landאַרְצְarts
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arts” appears- has becomeתְּהִיtehi
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “tehi” appears- a ruinחָרְבָּהcharba
ruin, desolate place
A ruin, a destroyed and deserted place.
Where else “charba” appears- and a horrorשַׁמָּהshama
horror
Something that horrifies everyone.
Where else “shama” appears- and a curseקְלָלָהkelala
curse
Curse: words calling down evil on someone; the opposite of a blessing.
Where else “kelala” appears- inhabitantיוֹשֵׁבyoshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appears- as it is this dayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears
The context
21“The incense that you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not YHWH remember them, and did it come up on his heart?
22 · This verse (above)
23Because you burned incense and because you sinned against YHWH and did not listen to the voice of YHWH, and in his instruction and in his statutes and in his testimonies you did not walk, therefore this evil has befallen you, as it is this day.”