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Your dwellingשִׁבְתְּךָis in the midstבְּתוֹךְof deceit;מִרְמָהthrough deceitבְּמִרְמָהthey refuseמֵאֲנוּto know me,דַעַת אוֹתִיdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהוָה
Jeremiah 9:6
Study it in the app“Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, declares YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 9:6, word by word
- Your dwellingשִׁבְתְּshivt
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “shivt” appears- is in the midstתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of deceitמִרְמָהmirma
deceit
Deceit, fraud, treachery.
Where else “mirma” appears- they refuseמֵאֲנוּmeanu
refuse
Refuse, be unwilling.
Where else “meanu” appears- to know meדַעַתdaat
make known
To make someone aware, teach.
Where else “daat” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” 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
The context
5And each deceives his neighbor, and truth they do not speak; they have taught their tongue to speak falsehood; they weary themselves committing iniquity.
6 · This verse (above)
7Therefore thus says YHWH Tsevaot: “Look, I will refine them and assay them, for how else can I act because of the daughter of my people?