And deathמָוֶתwill be chosenוְנִבְחַרrather than lifeמֵחַיִּיםby allלְכֹלthe remnantהַשְּׁאֵרִיתthat remainsהַנִּשְׁאָרִיםof thisהַזֹּאתevilהָרָעָהclan,מִן הַמִּשְׁפָּחָהin allבְּכָלthe placesהַמְּקֹמוֹתwhere they remain,הַנִּשְׁאָרִיםwhereאֲשֶׁר שָׁםI have driven them,הִדַּחְתִּיםdeclaresנְאֻםYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot.צְבָאוֹת
Jeremiah 8:3
Study it in the app“And death will be chosen rather than life by all the remnant that remains of this evil clan, in all the places where they remain, where I have driven them, declares YHWH Tsevaot.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 8:3, word by word
- And deathמָוֶתmavet
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appears- will be chosenנִבְחַרnivchar
choose
To take one thing and leave the others, because it is preferred.
Where else “nivchar” appears- rather than lifeחַיִּיםchayim
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chayim” appears- the remnantשְּׁאֵרִיתsheerit
remnant
Remnant: those left alive after a disaster.
Where else “sheerit” appears- that remainsנִּשְׁאָרִיםnisharim
remain
To remain, what is left.
Where else “nisharim” appears- evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- clanמִּשְׁפָּחָהmishpacha
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpacha” appears- the placesמְּקֹמוֹתmekomot
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekomot” appears- I have driven themהִדַּחְתִּיhidachti
banish
To push a people far from their land.
Where else “hidachti” 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- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears
The context
2and they will spread them out before the sun and the moon and all the army of the heavens, which they have loved and which they have served and after which they have walked and which they have sought and to which they have bowed down. They will not be gathered or buried; as dung on the face of the ground they will be.
3 · This verse (above)
4And you will say to them, ‘Thus says YHWH: Do men fall and not rise up? If one turns away, does he not return?