And they broughtוַיּוֹצִיאוּUriahאֶת אוּרִיָּהוּout of Egyptמִמִּצְרַיִםand brought himוַיְבִאֻהוּto Kingאֶל הַמֶּלֶךְJehoiakim,יְהוֹיָקִיםand he struck him downוַיַּכֵּהוּwith the swordבֶּחָרֶבand threwוַיַּשְׁלֵךְhis corpseאֶת נִבְלָתוֹinto the gravesאֶל קִבְרֵיof the childrenבְּנֵיof the people.הָעָם
Jeremiah 26:23
Study it in the app“And they brought Uriah out of Egypt and brought him to King Jehoiakim, and he struck him down with the sword and threw his corpse into the graves of the children of the people.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 26:23, word by word
- And they broughtיּוֹצִיאוּyotsiu
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “yotsiu” appears- Uriahאוּרִיָּהוּuriyahu
Uriah
Uriah: the name of several men; the best known is the Hittite, one of David's mighty men and husband of Bathsheba, whom David had killed in battle (2 Samuel 11). It means "my light is YHWH."
Where else “uriyahu” appears- out of Egyptמִּצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and brought himיְבִאֻyeviu
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yeviu” appears- to Kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- 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- and he struck him downיַּכֵּyake
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “yake” appears- with the swordחָרֶבcharev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charev” appears- and threwיַּשְׁלֵךְyashlech
throw
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “yashlech” appears- his corpseנִבְלָתnivlat
carcass, dead body
A carcass, the dead body of a person or of an animal (often in the singular for many). Once, figuratively, of idols.
Where else “nivlat” appears- into the gravesקִבְרֵיkivre
tomb
Tomb, grave.
Where else “kivre” appears- of the childrenבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears
Translation note
“The graves of the children of the people”: those of the common people (cf. 2 Kings 23:6).
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
22And King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt, Elnathan son of Achbor, and men with him, to Egypt.
23 · This verse (above)
24But the hand of Ahikam son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so as not to give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.