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The wiseחֲכָמִיםare put to shame,הֹבִישׁוּdismayedחַתּוּand caught;וַיִּלָּכֵדוּlook,הִנֵּהthe wordבִדְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהthey have rejected,מָאָסוּand what wisdomוְחָכְמַת מֶהis in them?לָהֶם
Jeremiah 8:9
Study it in the app“The wise are put to shame, dismayed and caught; look, the word of YHWH they have rejected, and what wisdom is in them?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 8:9, word by word
- The wiseחֲכָמִיםchachamim
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chachamim” appears- are put to shameהֹבִישׁוּhovishu
be disappointed
To be disgraced because what one trusted in failed.
Where else “hovishu” appears- dismayedחַתּוּchatu
be dismayed
To lose heart from fear, to have no strength to go on.
Where else “chatu” appears- and caughtיִּלָּכֵדוּyilachedu
be snared
To be snared.
Where else “yilachedu” appears- the wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of 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- they have rejectedמָאָסוּmaasu
reject
To regard something or someone as worthless and put it away.
Where else “maasu” appears- and what wisdomחָכְמַתchachmat
wisdom
Knowing how to live well; it begins with revering YHWH.
Where else “chachmat” appears
The context
8How can you say, “We are wise, and the instruction of YHWH is with us”? Surely, look, for falsehood it has been made by the lying pen of the scribes.
9 · This verse (above)
10Therefore I will give their wives to others, their fields to new possessors; for from the least even to the greatest, everyone is greedy for gain; from prophet even to priest, everyone practices falsehood.