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And Iוַאֲנִיsaid,אָמַרְתִּי“Surelyאַךְthese areהֵםpoor;דַּלִּיםthey act foolishly,נוֹאֲלוּforכִּיthey do notלֹאknowיָדְעוּthe wayדֶּרֶךְof YHWH,יְהוָהthe justiceמִשְׁפַּטof their Elohim.אֱלֹהֵיהֶם
Jeremiah 5:4
Study it in the app“And I said, “Surely these are poor; they act foolishly, for they do not know the way of YHWH, the justice of their Elohim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 5:4, word by word
- saidאָמַרְתִּיamarti
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarti” appears- poorדַּלִּיםdalim
poor, weak
Poor, weak: one who has little and little strength to defend himself.
Where else “dalim” appears- they act foolishlyנוֹאֲלוּnoalu
act foolishly
Act foolishly, without good sense.
Where else “noalu” appears- knowיָדְעוּyadu
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadu” appears- the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
ways of YHWH
YHWH's ways: what he does and commands.
Where else “derech” 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- the justiceמִשְׁפַּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears- of their Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears
The context
3YHWH, are not your eyes on faithfulness? You struck them, but they did not feel pain; you consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They made their faces harder than rock; they refused to return.
4 · This verse (above)
5I will go to the great and speak with them, for they know the way of YHWH, the justice of their Elohim.” But they all alike had broken the yoke, had torn off the bonds.