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That whichאֲשֶׁרcameהָיָהas the wordדְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהto Jeremiahאֶל יִרְמְיָהוּthe prophetהַנָּבִיאconcerning the Philistines,אֶל פְּלִשְׁתִּיםbeforeבְּטֶרֶםPharaohפַרְעֹהstruckיַכֶּהGaza.עַזָּה
Jeremiah 47:1
Study it in the app“That which came as the word of YHWH to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck Gaza.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 47:1, word by word
- cameהָיָהhaya
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “haya” appears- as the wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of 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- to 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- concerning the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםpelishtim
Philistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishtim” appears- beforeטֶרֶםterem
not yet, before
Not yet; before.
Where else “terem” appears- Pharaohפַרְעֹהfaro
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” appears- struckיַכֶּהyake
defeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “yake” appears- Gazaעַזָּהaza
Gaza
See it on the mapWhere else “aza” appears
Places in this verse
Gaza
Today: Gaza City, Gaza Strip
A Philistine city on the Mediterranean coast, at the far southwest of Israel.
There the Philistines blinded Samson and made him grind grain (Judg 16:21); he died there pulling down the temple (Judg 16:30).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Thus says YHWH: Look, waters are rising from the north and will become an overflowing torrent; and they will overflow the land and all that fills it, the city and those who dwell in it; and the people will cry out, and every inhabitant of the land will wail,