What Does Jeremiah 16:1 Mean in the King James?
The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying,
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The LORD’s “word” is davar: speech that can also name the matter itself, so the message arrives already touching what is happening.
THE MEANING
The LORD’s word comes as an address, not just as information to hold. It can meet you in the present and speak into the matter of your life.
THE ROOT
דְּבַר
devar
GROWS FROM
דבר
To speak; as a noun, davar can mean a word, matter, or affair.
English separates a spoken word from the matter it concerns, but Hebrew davar can hold both together. Here the word comes as speech that addresses someone and enters the matter at hand.
ALSO GROWS
dibber: to speak
דִּבֵּר
This verbal branch makes the word a spoken address, not merely an idea.
devarim: words; matters or things
דְּבָרִים
This branch shows how the same root can name both what is said and the matters words touch.
THE PATTERN
The LORD’s word moves toward encounter: it comes, draws near, and takes lived form.
After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.THE THREAD
But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.The word translated “word” here is davar, the same root in Jeremiah’s “word of the LORD.” Jeremiah shows davar arriving as speech; Deuteronomy shows that same word near, in mouth and heart.
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