What Does Jeremiah 43:1 Mean in the King James?
And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of the LORD their God, for which the LORD their God had sent him to them, even all these words,
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
In Hebrew, “word” and “matter” share one root, so the message arrives as a matter carried from its source, not detached sound.
THE MEANING
You meet the message as it reaches its full utterance: its source is the LORD, and a messenger carries it. The Hebrew noun דָּבָר (dāḇār, word or matter) holds speech and what speech concerns together, so the words before you arrive as a matter to encounter, not sound emptied of consequence.
THE ROOT
דִּבְרֵי
divrei
GROWS FROM
דבר
To speak or declare; the related noun means a word, matter, or affair.
The form translated “words” belongs to the same root as the verb “to speak,” which also gives the noun for a matter or thing. The verse repeats this word family as the speech is completed and its full message is named, holding utterance and what is spoken about together.
ALSO GROWS
dāḇār: Word, matter, affair, or thing.
דָּבָר
This branch holds spoken language and the matter it concerns together, revealing more than sound in the message Jeremiah carries.
dibber: Spoke, spoke forth, or declared.
דִּבֵּר
The verse’s phrase “made an end of speaking” uses this same root, linking the act of speaking to the repeated words.
devarim: Words or matters.
דְּבָרִים
This plural form appears in “all these words,” echoing the earlier “words of the LORD” and underscoring the message’s completeness.
שְׁלָחוֹ
shelāḥô
GROWS FROM
שלח
To send or send forth; in some forms, to send away or release.
The LORD sends Jeremiah; the messenger does not originate the message he carries. This root also names sending away and release, so the verse presents the words as something sent forth from their source.
ALSO GROWS
shālaḥ: He sent.
שָׁלַח
This is the root action in the verse: the LORD sends the messenger to the people.
shillēaḥ: He sent away, dismissed, or released.
שִׁלֵּחַ
This form shows the root’s further sense of letting go or sending forth, adding a shade of release to the act of sending.
mishlōaḥ: Sending or dispatch.
מִשְׁלוֹחַ
This noun names the act of sending itself, keeping attention on the message’s movement from its source to its hearers.
THE PATTERN
A message carries the authority of its source as it passes through a human messenger.
The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.THE THREAD
Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.Jeremiah 1:9 uses the same root, דָּבָר (dāḇār, word or matter), for the words placed in Jeremiah’s mouth. It reveals the source beneath the message he carries: the words begin with the LORD before they reach others through a human voice.
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