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Whyמַדּוּעַhas your mighty oneאַבִּירֶיךָbeen swept away?נִסְחַףHe did notלֹאstand,עָמַדforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהthrust him down.הֲדָפוֹ
Jeremiah 46:15
Study it in the app“Why has your mighty one been swept away? He did not stand, for YHWH thrust him down.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 46:15, word by word
- Whyמַדּוּעַmadua
why?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appears- has your mighty oneאַבִּירֶיabire
mighty
Someone or something of great strength that prevails over others: the mighty one, the chief.
Where else “abire” appears- been swept awayנִסְחַףnischaf
sweep away
To sweep away, to beat down.
Where else “nischaf” appears- standעָמַדamad
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “amad” appears- 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- thrust him downהֲדָפhadaf
push, thrust
Push: drive someone back or down with force.
Where else “hadaf” appears
Translation note
“Your mighty one” (אַבִּיר) is also said of bulls: “the strong ones of Bashan” (Psalm 22:12).
The context
14Declare it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol, and proclaim it in Memphis and in Tahpanhes; say, “Take your stand and prepare yourself, for the sword devours all around you.”
15 · This verse (above)
16He made many stumble; indeed, each one fell against his neighbor, and they said, “Get up, and let us return to our people and to the land of our birth, from before the sword of the oppressor.”