afterאַחֲרֵיJeconiahיְכָנְיָהthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְhad gone out,צֵאתand the lady,וְהַגְּבִירָהand the court officials,וְהַסָּרִיסִיםthe princesשָׂרֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהand Jerusalem,וִירוּשָׁלִַםand the craftsmenוְהֶחָרָשׁand the smiths,וְהַמַּסְגֵּרfrom Jerusalem,מִירוּשָׁלִָם
Jeremiah 29:2
Study it in the app“after Jeconiah the king had gone out, and the lady, and the court officials, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen and the smiths, from Jerusalem,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 29:2, word by word
- Jeconiahיְכָנְיָהyechanya
Jeconiah
Jeconiah: another form of the name of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, son of Jehoiakim, taken captive to Babylon (2 Kings 24:8-15). The name means "YHWH will establish."
Where else “yechanya” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- had gone outצֵאתtset
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tset” appears- and the ladyגְּבִירָהgevira
lady, mistress
Lady: the leading woman of the king's household, whether his chief wife or the queen mother; also the mistress of a female slave.
Where else “gevira” appears- and the court officialsסָּרִיסִיםsarisim
official, eunuch
Court official. The word can also mean eunuch.
Where else “sarisim” appears- the princesשָׂרֵיsare
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” 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- and Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִַםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears- and the craftsmenחָרָשׁcharash
craftsman
Craftsman: one who works stone, wood or metal.
Where else “charash” appears- and the smithsמַּסְגֵּרmasger
smith
One who works iron and other metals.
Where else “masger” 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
1And these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the rest of the elders of the exile, and to the priests and to the prophets and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon,
2 · This verse (above)
3by the hand of Eleasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to Babylon, saying: