and it cameוַיְהִיin the daysבִּימֵיof Jehoiakimיְהוֹיָקִיםsonבֶּןof Josiah,יֹאשִׁיָּהוּkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהuntilעַדthe endתֹּםof the eleventh yearעַשְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָהof Zedekiahלְצִדְקִיָּהוּsonבֶןof Josiah,יֹאשִׁיָּהוּkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהuntilעַדthe exileגְּלוֹתof Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםin the fifthהַחֲמִישִׁיmonth.בַּחֹדֶשׁ
Jeremiah 1:3
Study it in the app“and it came in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 1:3, word by word
- and it cameיְהִיyehi
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yehi” appears- in the daysימֵיyme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yme” appears- of Jehoiakimיְהוֹיָקִיםyehoyakim
Jehoiakim
Jehoiakim: a name meaning "YHWH raises up." The name Pharaoh Neco gave to Eliakim son of Josiah when he made him king of Judah (2 Kings 23:34-24:6). Not to be confused with his son Jehoiachin.
Where else “yehoyakim” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Josiahיֹאשִׁיָּהוּyoshiyahu
Josiah
Josiah: a name that, according to the lexicon, means "founded by Yah." He is the king of Judah announced by name in 1 Kings 13:2, who reigned about three hundred years later (2 Kings 22–23); a man in Zechariah 6:10 is also called this.
Where else “yoshiyahu” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- the endתֹּםtom
end
To be over, reach its close.
Where else “tom” appears- of the eleventh yearעַשְׁתֵּיashte
eleven
Eleven (always with "ten").
Where else “ashte” appears- of the eleventh yearעֶשְׂרֵהesre
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appears- of the eleventh yearשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- of Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּהוּtsidkiyahu
Zedekiah
Zedekiah: a name meaning "YHWH is righteousness." It is borne by several people, among them the prophet, son of Chenaanah, who announced a false victory to Ahab (1 Kings 22), and the last king of Judah (2 Kings 24:17).
Where else “tsidkiyahu” appears- the exileגְּלוֹתgelot
go into exile
To be taken away from one's own land, or deport others.
Where else “gelot” appears- of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- in the fifthחֲמִישִׁיchamishi
fifth
The one in fifth place in an order.
Where else “chamishi” appears- monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
2to whom the word of YHWH came in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign;
3 · This verse (above)
4And the word of YHWH came to me, saying,