Study it in the app“And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, my servant; and even the animals of the field I have given him to serve him.”
And nowוְעַתָּהIאָנֹכִיhave givenנָתַתִּיallאֶת כָּלthese landsהָאֲרָצוֹת הָאֵלֶּהinto the handבְּיַדof Nebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּרkingמֶלֶךְof Babylon,בָּבֶלmy servant;עַבְדִּיand evenוְגַםthe animalsאֶת חַיַּתof the fieldהַשָּׂדֶהI have givenנָתַתִּיhimלוֹto serve him.לְעָבְדוֹ
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “natati” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “aratsot” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” 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 “nevuchadnetsar” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsservant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avdi” appearsbeast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chayat” appearsfield
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appearsserve
To serve a person.
Where else “avd” 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).
5I made the earth, the human beings and the animals that are on the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and I give it to whomever it seems right in my eyes.
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7And all the nations will serve him and his son and his son's son, until the time of his own land comes, he too; and many nations and great kings will make him their slave.
