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And YHWHיְהוָהsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Becauseעַלthey have forsakenעָזְבָםmy instructionאֶת תּוֹרָתִיthatאֲשֶׁרI setנָתַתִּיbefore them,לִפְנֵיהֶםand have notוְלֹאlistenedשָׁמְעוּto my voiceבְקוֹלִיorוְלֹאwalkedהָלְכוּin it,בָהּ
Jeremiah 9:13
Study it in the app“And YHWH said, “Because they have forsaken my instruction that I set before them, and have not listened to my voice or walked in it,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 9:13, word by word
- And 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- they have forsakenעָזְבָazva
forsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “azva” appears- my instructionתּוֹרָתִtorati
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “torati” appears- I setנָתַתִּיnatati
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natati” appears- before themפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- listenedשָׁמְעוּshamu
obey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “shamu” appears- to my voiceקוֹלִkoli
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “koli” appears- walkedהָלְכוּhalchu
walk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “halchu” appears
The context
12Who is the man wise enough to understand this? And to whom has the mouth of YHWH spoken, that he may declare it? Why has the land perished, burned like the wilderness, with no one passing through?
13 · This verse (above)
14but have walked after the stubbornness of their heart and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them,