And YHWHיְהוָהstretched outוַיִּשְׁלַחhis handאֶת יָדוֹand touchedוַיַּגַּעmy mouth,עַל פִּיand YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלַי“Look,הִנֵּהI have putנָתַתִּיmy wordsדְבָרַיin your mouth.בְּפִיךָ
Jeremiah 1:9
Study it in the app“And YHWH stretched out his hand and touched my mouth, and YHWH said to me, “Look, I have put my words in your mouth.”
God touches Jeremiah's mouth and puts his words in itThe Word of God
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Jeremiah 1:9, 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- stretched outיִּשְׁלַחyishlach
stretch out
Literally "send the hand": move the arm toward something to take or strike it.
Where else “yishlach” appears- his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- and touchedיַּגַּעyaga
touch
To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.
Where else “yaga” appears- my mouthפִּpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- I have putנָתַתִּיnatati
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natati” appears- my wordsדְבָרַdevara
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devara” appears
The context
8Do not be afraid of them, for with you am I to rescue you, declares YHWH.”
9 · This verse (above)
10See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and to demolish, to build and to plant.”