YHWHיְהוָהTsevaotצְבָאוֹתhas swornנִשְׁבַּעby himself:בְּנַפְשׁוֹSurelyכִּי אִםI will fill youמִלֵּאתִיךְwith human beingsאָדָםas with locusts,כַּיֶּלֶקand they will raiseוְעָנוּover youעָלַיִךְthe shout.הֵידָד
Jeremiah 51:14
Study it in the app“YHWH Tsevaot has sworn by himself: Surely I will fill you with human beings as with locusts, and they will raise over you the shout.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 51:14, word by word
- 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- has swornנִשְׁבַּעnishba
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishba” appears- by himselfנַפְשׁnafsh
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nafsh” appears- I will fill youמִלֵּאתִיmileti
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “mileti” appears- with human beingsאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- as with locustsיֶּלֶקyelek
young locust
A young locust, at the stage when it does not yet fly and devours everything green. The name comes from the idea of "licking" or "devouring".
Where else “yelek” appears- and they will raiseעָנוּanu
sing in turns
To sing in turns, so that one choir answers the other.
Where else “anu” appears- the shoutהֵידָדhedad
shout, cheer
A shout: the cheer of those who tread grapes, or a battle cry.
Where else “hedad” appears
The context
13You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your gain.
14 · This verse (above)
15He made the earth by his power, he established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he stretched out the heavens.