Study it in the app“And I will give you into the hand of those who seek your life, and into the hand of those whom you dread, before them, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.”
And I will give youוּנְתַתִּיךָinto the handבְּיַדof those who seekמְבַקְשֵׁיyour life,נַפְשֶׁךָand into the handוּבְיַדof those whomאֲשֶׁרyouאַתָּהdread,יָגוֹרbeforeמִפְּנֵיthem,הֶםand into the handוּבְיַדof Nebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּרkingמֶלֶךְof Babylon,בָּבֶלand into the handוּבְיַדof the Chaldeans.הַכַּשְׂדִּים
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “netati” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appearsseek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “mevakshe” appearslife
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshe” appearsafraid
Afraid, fearful.
Where else “yagor” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appearsNebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar: king of Babylon who subdued Judah, took Jerusalem, burned the house of YHWH and took the people into exile (2 Kings 24-25; Jeremiah; Daniel 1-4). The Hebrew writes his name in several forms.
Where else “nevuchadretsar” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsChaldean
The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.
Where else “kasdim” 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).
24“As I live, declares YHWH, even if Coniah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the seal on my right hand, yet from there I would tear you off.
25 · This verse (above)
26And I will hurl you and your mother who bore you into another land, where you were not born, and there you will die.
