Jeremiah 16:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore, behold, I will cause them to know, this once will I cause them to know my hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is Jehovah.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לָכֵן֙ הִנְנִ֣י מֽוֹדִיעָ֔ם בַּפַּ֣עַם הַזֹּ֔את אוֹדִיעֵ֥ם אֶת־יָדִ֖י וְאֶת־גְּבֽוּרָתִ֑י וְיָדְע֖וּ כִּֽי־שְׁמִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

Therefore behold-I môḏîʿām in-ha-paʿam ha-zzōʾṯ ʾôḏîʿēm ʾeṯ-yāḏî and-ʾeṯ-gəḇûrāṯî and-yāḏəʿû that-šəmî YHWH

Grammar Details

• *môḏîʿām*: hiphil participle, masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - making them know
• *ha-paʿam*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the time/instance
• *ha-zzōʾṯ*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this
• *ʾôḏîʿēm*: hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - I will make them know
• *yāḏî*: feminine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - my hand
• *gəḇûrāṯî*: feminine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - my might
• *yāḏəʿû*: qal perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd common plural - and they shall know
• *šəmî*: masculine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - my name
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD/Yahweh

Word Meanings

• *hôḏîaʿ*: make known/inform/teach
• *paʿam*: time/occasion/instance
• *yāḏ*: hand/power/strength
• *gəḇûrāh*: might/strength/power
• *yāḏaʿ*: know/understand/experience
• *šēm*: name/reputation/fame

Referenced Verses

• Jer 33:2 : 2 Thus saith Jehovah that doeth it, Jehovah that formeth it to establish it; Jehovah is his name:
• Ps 9:16 : 16 Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. {H1902} Selah}
• Ps 83:18 : 18 That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth.
• Isa 43:3 : 3 For I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour; I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead.
• Amos 5:8 : 8 [ seek him] that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth (Jehovah is his name);
• Exod 9:14-18 : 14 For I will this time send all my plagues upon thy heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth. 15 For now I had put forth my hand, and smitten thee and thy people with pestilence, and thou hadst been cut off from the earth: 16 but in very deed for this cause have I made thee to stand, to show thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. 17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go? 18 Behold, to-morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now.
• Exod 14:4 : 4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he shall follow after them; and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; and the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah. And they did so.
• Exod 15:3 : 3 Jehovah is a man of war: Jehovah is his name.
• Ezek 6:7 : 7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
• Ezek 24:24 : 24 Thus shall Ezekiel be unto you a sign; according to all that he hath done shall ye do: when this cometh, then shall ye know that I am the Lord Jehovah.
• Ezek 24:27 : 27 In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him that is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: so shalt thou be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
• Ezek 25:14 : 14 And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel; and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my wrath; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord Jehovah.