The Meaning of Jeremiah 18:5 Explained

Jeremiah 18:5

KJV: Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

YLT: And there is a word of Jehovah to me, saying:

Darby: And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

ASV: Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then the word  of the LORD  came to me, saying, 

What does Jeremiah 18:5 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 18

1  Under the type of a potter is shown God's absolute power in disposing of nations
11  Judgments threatened to Judah for her strange revolt
18  Jeremiah prays against his conspirators

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 18:5 mean?

And came the word of Yahweh to me saying
וַיְהִ֥י דְבַר־ יְהוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵאמֽוֹר

וַיְהִ֥י  And  came 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
דְבַר־  the  word 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
יְהוָ֖ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֵלַ֥י  to  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
לֵאמֽוֹר  saying 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.

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