Jeremiah 31:35

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֹּ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה נֹתֵ֥ן שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ לְא֣וֹר יוֹמָ֔ם חֻקֹּ֛ת יָרֵ֥חַ וְכוֹכָבִ֖ים לְא֣וֹר לָ֑יְלָה רֹגַ֤ע הַיָּם֙ וַיֶּהֱמ֣וּ גַלָּ֔יו יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁמֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

Thus ʾāmar YHWH, nōtēn šemeš for ʾôr by day, ḥuqqōt yārēaḥ and kôkābîm for ʾôr by night, rōgaʿ the yām and wayyehĕmû gallāyw, YHWH ṣᵊbāʾôt šᵊmô.

Grammar Details

• *ʾāmar*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he said
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD
• *nōtēn*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - giving/who gives
• *šemeš*: noun, common, singular - sun
• *ʾôr*: noun, masculine, singular - light
• *ḥuqqōt*: noun, feminine, plural, construct - statutes/ordinances of
• *yārēaḥ*: noun, masculine, singular - moon
• *kôkābîm*: noun, masculine, plural - stars
• *rōgaʿ*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - stirring up/disturbing
• *yām*: noun, masculine, singular - sea
• *wayyehĕmû*: verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they roar
• *gallāyw*: noun, masculine, plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its waves
• *ṣᵊbāʾôt*: noun, feminine, plural - hosts/armies
• *šᵊmô*: noun, masculine, singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his name

Word Meanings

• *nōtēn*: giving/appointing/placing
• *ḥuqqōt*: statutes/ordinances/decrees/prescribed limits
• *rōgaʿ*: stirring up/disturbing/agitating/calming
• *yehĕmû*: roar/rage/sound/make noise
• *ṣᵊbāʾôt*: hosts/armies/multitudes

Referenced Verses

• Isa 51:15 : 15 But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.
• Jer 10:16 : 16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.
• Ps 136:7-9 : 7 To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever: 8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever: 9 The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.
• Gen 1:14-18 : 14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
• Deut 4:19 : 19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
• Ps 19:1-6 : 1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. 2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. 3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. 4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, 5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. 6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
• Jer 32:18 : 18 Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,
• Jer 50:34 : 34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
• Matt 8:25-26 : 25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. 26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
• Jer 51:19 : 19 The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name.
• Matt 5:45 : 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
• Jer 46:18 : 18 As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
• Isa 54:5 : 5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
• Isa 63:12 : 12 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
• Jer 5:22 : 22 Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
• Ps 72:5 : 5 They shall fear{H8799)} thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.
• Ps 72:17 : 17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued{H8735)}{H8675)}{H8686)} as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed{H8691)} in him: all nations shall call him blessed{H8762)}.
• Ps 74:13 : 13 Thou didst divide{H8782)} the sea by thy strength: thou brakest{H8765)} the heads of the dragons in the waters.
• Ps 74:16 : 16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared{H8689)} the light and the sun.
• Ps 78:13 : 13 He divided{H8804)} the sea, and caused them to pass through{H8686)}; and he made the waters to stand{H8686)} as an heap.
• Ps 89:2 : 2 For I have said{H8804)}, Mercy shall be built up{H8735)} for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish{H8686)} in the very heavens.
• Ps 89:36-37 : 36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. 37 It shall be established{H8735)} for ever as the moon, and as a faithful{H8737)} witness in heaven. Selah.
• Ps 93:3-4 : 3 The floods have lifted up{H8804)}, O LORD, the floods have lifted up{H8804)} their voice; the floods lift up{H8799)} their waves. 4 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
• Ps 106:9 : 9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
• Ps 107:25-29 : 25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. 26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. 27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. 28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. 29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
• Ps 114:3-5 : 3 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. 4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. 5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
• Ps 119:89 : 89 LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
• Job 26:12 : 12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
• Job 38:10-11 : 10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
• Job 38:33 : 33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
• Exod 14:21-22 : 21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
• Isa 48:2 : 2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.