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ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot:צְבָאוֹתLook, Iהִנְנִיam breakingשֹׁבֵרthe bowקֶשֶׁתof Elam,עֵילָםthe firstרֵאשִׁיתof their might.גְּבוּרָתָם
Jeremiah 49:35
Study it in the app“Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: Look, I am breaking the bow of Elam, the first of their might.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 49:35, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” 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- am breakingשֹׁבֵרshover
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “shover” appears- the bowקֶשֶׁתkeshet
bow
A curved wooden weapon with a string, which shoots arrows.
Where else “keshet” appears- of Elamעֵילָםelam
Elam
Elam, a son of Shem; also the country east of Mesopotamia; also several Israelites.
Where else “elam” appears- the firstרֵאשִׁיתreshit
best
The best of something, what is set apart for its quality.
Where else “reshit” appears- of their mightגְּבוּרָתָgevurata
strength
Strength of body or spirit to face something.
Where else “gevurata” appears
The context
34That which came as the word of YHWH to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying:
35 · This verse (above)
36And I will bring upon Elam four winds from the four ends of the heavens, and I will scatter them to all these winds, and there will be no nation to which those driven out of Elam will not come.