Jeremiah 37:10

“For even if you struck down the whole army of the Chaldeans who are fighting against you, and there remained among them wounded men, each in his tent, they would rise up and burn this city with fire.””

Jeremiah 37:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 37:10, word by word

you struck downהִכִּיתֶםhikitem

defeat

To attack and beat in battle.

Where else “hikitem” appears
armyחֵילchel

army

A body of soldiers, a king's armed force.

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of the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkasdim

Chaldean

The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.

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who are fightingנִּלְחָמִיםnilchamim

fight

To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.

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and there remainedנִשְׁאֲרוּnisharu

remain

To remain, what is left.

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woundedמְדֻקָּרִיםmedukarim

pierce, thrust through

Pierce: wound by driving in a spear or a sword.

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menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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in his tentאָהֳלahol

tent

A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.

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they would rise upיָקוּמוּyakumu

rise

To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.

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and burnשָׂרְפוּsarfu

burn

Burn; bake in the fire.

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this cityעִירir

city

A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.

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with fireאֵשׁesh

fire

Fire that burns or cooks.

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The context

9Thus says YHWH: Do not deceive your souls, saying, ‘The Chaldeans will surely go away from us,’ for they will not go away.

10 · This verse (above)

11And it happened, when the army of the Chaldeans withdrew from Jerusalem because of the army of Pharaoh,

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