Jeremiah 51:1

With the Hebrew beneath

Jeremiah 51:1, 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

am stirring upמֵעִירmeir

stir up

To move someone to act, as YHWH a king.

Where else “meir” appears

against Babylonבָּבֶלbavel

Babel, Babylon

See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears

and against the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

Where else “yoshve” appears

of Leb-kamaiלֵבlev

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.

Where else “lev” appears

of Leb-kamaiקָמָיkamay

rise

To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.

Where else “kamay” appears

a destroyingמַשְׁחִיתmashchit

destroy

To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.

Where else “mashchit” appears

windרוּחַruach

wind

Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.

Where else “ruach” appears

Translation note

“Leb-kamai” (“heart of those who rise up against me”) is a coded way of writing “Chaldeans,” exchanging each letter for the one at the opposite end of the Hebrew alphabet.

The context