Study it in the app“The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah —that was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon—”
The wordהַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרcameהָיָהto Jeremiahעַל יִרְמְיָהוּconcerning allעַל כָּלthe peopleעַםof Judah,יְהוּדָהin the fourthבַּ הָרְבִעִיתyearשָּׁנָהof Jehoiakimלִיהוֹיָקִיםsonבֶּןof Josiah,יֹאשִׁיָּהוּkingמֶלֶךְof Judahיְהוּדָה—thatהִיאwas the firstהַ הָרִאשֹׁנִיתyearשָּׁנָהof Nebuchadnezzarלִנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּרkingמֶלֶךְof Babylon—בָּבֶל
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “haya” appearsJeremiah
Jeremiah: a name meaning "YHWH raises up" or "YHWH exalts," borne by several men: best known is the prophet, son of Hilkiah, from Anathoth (Jeremiah 1:1); in 2 Kings 23:31 and 24:18 another Jeremiah, of Libnah, grandfather of two kings.
Where else “yirmyahu” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsJudah
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” appearsfourth
What holds the place after the third.
Where else “reviit” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appearsJehoiakim
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 “yhoyakim” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsJosiah
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” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsfirst
First.
Where else “rishonit” 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” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” 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).
1 · This verse (above)
2which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,
