Study it in the app“to speak to the priests who belonged to the house of YHWH Tsevaot and to the prophets, saying, “Shall I weep in the fifth month, abstaining, as I have done these so many years?””
to speakלֵאמֹרtoאֶלthe priestsהַכֹּהֲנִיםwhoאֲשֶׁרbelonged to the houseלְבֵיתof YHWHיְהוָהTsevaotצְבָאוֹתand toוְאֶלthe prophets,הַנְּבִיאִיםsaying,לֵאמֹר“Shall I weepהַאֶבְכֶּהin the fifthבַּ הַחֲמִשִׁיmonth,חֹדֶשׁabstaining,הִנָּזֵרasכַּאֲשֶׁרI have doneעָשִׂיתִיtheseזֶהso manyכַּמֶּהyears?”שָׁנִים
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “vet” appearsYHWH
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” appearsTsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appearsprophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “neviim” appearsweep
Weep, cry; mourn for someone.
Where else “evke” appearsfifth
The one in fifth place in an order.
Where else “chamishi” appearsmonth
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appearsseparate
To keep at a distance from something, above all from what is holy or what turns one from God.
Where else “hinazer” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asiti” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appears“The fifth month”: in the fifth month the temple was burned (2 Kings 25:8-9); 7:5 speaks of the fasts of that month.
2And Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem-melech and his men to implore the face of YHWH,
3 · This verse (above)
4And the word of YHWH Tsevaot came to me, saying,
