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And I will setוְשַׂמְתִּיmy throneכִסְאִיin Elam,בְּעֵילָםand I will destroyוְהַאֲבַדְתִּיfrom thereמִשָּׁםkingמֶלֶךְand princes,וְשָׂרִיםdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהוָה
Jeremiah 49:38
Study it in the app“And I will set my throne in Elam, and I will destroy from there king and princes, declares YHWH.”
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Jeremiah 49:38, word by word
- And I will setשַׂמְתִּיsamti
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samti” appears- my throneכִסְאִchisi
throne
Literally "the seat": the king's chair, or YHWH's, from which he rules.
Where else “chisi” appears- in Elamעֵילָםelam
Elam
Elam, a son of Shem; also the country east of Mesopotamia; also several Israelites.
Where else “elam” appears- and I will destroyהַאֲבַדְתִּיhaavadti
destroy
To make someone or something disappear completely.
Where else “haavadti” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- and princesשָׂרִיםsarim
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sarim” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” 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
The context
37And I will dismay Elam before their enemies and before those who seek their life; and I will bring upon them evil, the burning of my anger, declares YHWH; and I will send after them the sword until I have consumed them.
38 · This verse (above)
39And it will be, in the latter days, that I will bring back the captivity of Elam, declares YHWH.