Study it in the app“As I live, declares Adonai YHWH, surely in the place of the king who made him king, whose imprecation he despised and whose covenant he broke, with him in the midst of Babylon he will die.”
As I live,חַי אָנִיdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH,יְהוִהsurelyאִם לֹאin the placeבִּמְקוֹםof the kingהַמֶּלֶךְwhoהַmadeמַּמְלִיךְhimאֹתוֹking,מַּמְלִיךְwhoseאֲשֶׁרimprecationאֶת אָלָתוֹhe despisedבָּזָהand whoseוַאֲשֶׁרcovenantאֶת בְּרִיתוֹhe broke,הֵפֵרwith himאִתּוֹin the midstבְתוֹךְof Babylonבָּבֶלhe will die.יָמוּת
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chay” appearsdeclaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appearsAdonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appearsYHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekom” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsmake king
To set someone up as king, proclaim him and give him the throne.
Where else “mamlich” appearsoath
An oath that brings a curse if broken.
Where else “alat” appearsdespise
Despise, think little of.
Where else “baza” appearscovenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appearsannul
To void a covenant or vow; spoil a plan.
Where else “hefer” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamut” appearsBabylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
15But he rebelled against him by sending his messengers to Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he escape, the one who does these things? Can he break a covenant and escape?
16 · This verse (above)
17And Pharaoh will not with a great army and with a large assembly act for him in the war, when siege ramps are cast up and siege walls are built to cut off many lives.
