Jeremiah 32:43

“And the field will be bought in this land of which you are saying, ‘It is a desolation, without human being or livestock; it has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans.’”

Jeremiah 32:43 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 32:43, word by word

And the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade

farmland

Land that is farmed.

Where else “sade” appears
will be boughtנִקְנָהnikna

buy

To give silver in order to become the owner of something.

Where else “nikna” appears
in this landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “arets” appears
are sayingאֹמְרִיםomrim

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “omrim” appears
is a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemama

desolation

Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.

Where else “shemama” appears
human beingאָדָםadam

human being

All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.

Where else “adam” appears
or livestockבְהֵמָהvehema

beast

Animals in general.

Where else “vehema” appears
it has been givenנִתְּנָהnitna

hand over

To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.

Where else “nitna” appears
into the handיַדyad

power

Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.

Where else “yad” appears
of the Chaldeans.’כַּשְׂדִּיםkasdim

Chaldean

The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.

Where else “kasdim” appears

The context

42For thus says YHWH: Just as I have brought on this people all this great evil, so I am bringing on them all the good that I am speaking concerning them.

43 · This verse (above)

44Fields they will buy with silver, and write in deeds, and seal them, and have witnesses testify, in the land of Benjamin, and in the surroundings of Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill country, and in the cities of the Shephelah, and in the cities of the Negev; for I will bring back their captivity, declares YHWH.”

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