ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot:צְבָאוֹת“Consider,הִתְבּוֹנְנוּand callוְקִרְאוּfor the mourning womenלַמְקוֹנְנוֹתto come,וּתְבוֹאֶינָהand sendשִׁלְחוּfor the wise womenוְאֶל הַחֲכָמוֹתto come;וְתָבוֹאנָה
Jeremiah 9:17
Study it in the app“Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: “Consider, and call for the mourning women to come, and send for the wise women to come;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 9:17, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” 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- “Considerהִתְבּוֹנְנוּhitbonnu
consider
To look carefully at something in order to tell it apart.
Where else “hitbonnu” appears- and callקִרְאוּkiru
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “kiru” appears- for the mourning womenמְקוֹנְנוֹתmekonnot
chant a dirge
Chant a dirge, lament the dead in song.
Where else “mekonnot” appears- to comeתְבוֹאֶינָהtevoena
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tevoena” appears- and sendשִׁלְחוּshilchu
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shilchu” appears- for the wise womenחֲכָמוֹתchachamot
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chachamot” appears
The context
16And I will scatter them among the nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send the sword after them until I have consumed them.”
17 · This verse (above)
18and let them hurry and raise over us a wailing, that our eyes may run down with tears and our eyelids flow with water.