Jeremiah 8:3

“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.”

Jeremiah 8:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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the placesמְּקֹמוֹתmekomot

place

A place, a spot.

Where else “mekomot” appears
I have driven themהִדַּחְתִּיhidachti

banish

To push a people far from their land.

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declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

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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.

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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?

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