Study it in the app“by 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:”
by the handבְּיַדof Eleasahאֶלְעָשָׂהsonבֶןof Shaphanשָׁפָןand Gemariahוּגְמַרְיָהsonבֶּןof Hilkiah,חִלְקִיָּהwhomאֲשֶׁרZedekiahצִדְקִיָּהkingמֶלֶךְof Judahיְהוּדָהsentשָׁלַחto Nebuchadnezzarאֶל נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּרkingמֶלֶךְof Babylon,בָּבֶלto Babylon,בָּבֶלָהsaying:לֵאמֹר
through
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appearsEleasah
Eleasah: the name of several Israelites. The name means "God has made."
Where else “elasa” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appearsShaphan
Shaphan, a man's name, like Josiah's scribe.
Where else “shafan” appearsGemariah
Gemariah: a name meaning "YHWH has accomplished," borne by two men in Jeremiah's time.
Where else “gemarya” appearsHilkiah
Hilkiah: a name meaning "my portion is YHWH," borne by several men: the father of Eliakim (2 Kings 18:18); the high priest who found the book of the law in Josiah's time (2 Kings 22:8); the father of the prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1:1), and others.
Where else “chilkiya” appearsZedekiah
Zedekiah: a name meaning "YHWH is righteousness." It is borne by several people, among them the prophet, son of Chenaanah, who announced a false victory to Ahab (1 Kings 22), and the last king of Judah (2 Kings 24:17).
Where else “tsidkiya” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” 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” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalach” 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” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” 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).
2after 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,
3 · This verse (above)
4“Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon:
