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As I live,חַי אָנִיdeclaresנְאֻםthe King,הַמֶּלֶךְYHWHיְהוָהTsevaotצְבָאוֹתis his name:שְׁמוֹsurelyכִּיlike Taborכְּתָבוֹרamong the mountains,בֶּהָרִיםand like Carmelוּכְכַרְמֶלby the sea,בַּיָּםhe will come.יָבוֹא
Jeremiah 46:18
Study it in the app“As I live, declares the King, YHWH Tsevaot is his name: surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, he will come.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 46:18, word by word
- As I liveחַיchay
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chay” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- the Kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
supreme king
YHWH, king of Israel and the earth.
Where else “melech” 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- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- is his nameשְׁמshem
name of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shem” appears- like Taborתָבוֹרtavor
Tabor
See it on the mapWhere else “tavor” appears- among the mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears- and like Carmelכַרְמֶלcharmel
Carmel
See it on the mapWhere else “charmel” appears- by the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- he will comeיָבוֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears
Places in this verse
1Tabor
Today: Mount Tabor, Lower Galilee, Israel
An isolated mountain in northern Israel at the edge of the Jezreel Valley, about 11 miles (17 km) west of the Sea of Galilee.
Barak gathered ten thousand men there and, with Deborah, defeated Sisera (Judg 4:6, 14).
2Carmel
Today: Mount Carmel, near Haifa, Israel
A mountain ridge near the Mediterranean coast in northern Israel, by present-day Haifa.
Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal there, and fire from the Lord fell (1 Kgs 18:19-38).
The context
17They cried there, “Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let pass the appointed time.”
18 · This verse (above)
19Make for yourself baggage for exile, you who dwell, daughter of Egypt, for Memphis will become a horror, and will be set on fire, without inhabitant.