Jeremiah 45:2

““Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, concerning you, Baruch:”

Jeremiah 45:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 45:2, word by word

saysאָמַרamar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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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.

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the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohe” appears
of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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Baruchבָּרוּךְbaruch

Baruch

Baruch: a name meaning "blessed". Above all, the scribe of the prophet Jeremiah; also some men of Nehemiah's time, such as the son of Zabbai who zealously repaired a section of the wall.

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The context

1The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book from the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,

2 · This verse (above)

3You said, ‘Woe now to me, for YHWH has added affliction to my pain; I am weary with my sighing, and rest I have not found.’

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