Jeremiah 9:17

“Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: “Consider, and call for the mourning women to come, and send for the wise women to come;”

Jeremiah 9:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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“Considerהִתְבּוֹנְנוּhitbonnu

consider

To look carefully at something in order to tell it apart.

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and callקִרְאוּkiru

call

To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.

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for the mourning womenמְקוֹנְנוֹתmekonnot

chant a dirge

Chant a dirge, lament the dead in song.

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to comeתְבוֹאֶינָהtevoena

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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and sendשִׁלְחוּshilchu

send

To send someone or something.

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for the wise womenחֲכָמוֹתchachamot

wise

Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.

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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.

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