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“Forכִּיlook, Iהִנְנִיam sendingמְשַׁלֵּחַamong youבָּכֶםserpents,נְחָשִׁיםvipersצִפְעֹנִיםfor whichאֲשֶׁר לָהֶםthere is noאֵיןcharm,לָחַשׁand they will bite you,וְנִשְּׁכוּ אֶתְכֶםdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.”יְהוָה
Jeremiah 8:17
Study it in the app““For look, I am sending among you serpents, vipers for which there is no charm, and they will bite you, declares YHWH.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 8:17, word by word
- am sendingמְשַׁלֵּחַmeshaleach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “meshaleach” appears- serpentsנְחָשִׁיםnechashim
serpent
A legless reptile that crawls and often bites with venom.
Where else “nechashim” appears- vipersצִפְעֹנִיםtsifonim
viper
A viper, a poisonous snake.
Where else “tsifonim” appears- charmלָחַשׁlachash
charm
Magic words to tame snakes.
Where else “lachash” appears- and they will bite youנִשְּׁכוּnishchu
bite
To sink the teeth in, like a snake that strikes and poisons.
Where else “nishchu” 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
16From Dan is heard the snorting of his horses; at the sound of the neighing of his stallions the whole land quakes; and they come and devour the land and all that fills it, the city and those who live in it.
17 · This verse (above)
18My comfort in sorrow! Within me my heart is faint.