Jeremiah 16:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 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 the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name;
• Ps 9:16 : 16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
• Ps 83:18 : 18 That men may know{H8799)} that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
• Isa 43:3 : 3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
• Amos 5:8 : 8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars 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: The LORD is his name:
• Exod 9:14-18 : 14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine 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 will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth. 16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in 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 foundation thereof even until now.
• Exod 14:4 : 4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.
• Exod 15:3 : 3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.
• Ezek 6:7 : 7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
• Ezek 24:24 : 24 Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
• Ezek 24:27 : 27 In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
• 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 fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD.