Forכִּיeven ifאִםyou struck downהִכִּיתֶםthe wholeכָּלarmyחֵילof the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםwho are fightingהַנִּלְחָמִיםagainst you,אִתְּכֶםand there remainedוְנִשְׁאֲרוּamong themבָםwoundedמְדֻקָּרִיםmen,אֲנָשִׁיםeachאִישׁin his tent,בְּאָהֳלוֹthey would rise upיָקוּמוּand burnוְשָׂרְפוּthis cityאֶת הָעִיר הַזֹּאתwith fire.”בָּאֵשׁ
Jeremiah 37:10
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “chel” appears- of the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkasdim
Chaldean
The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.
Where else “kasdim” appears- who are fightingנִּלְחָמִיםnilchamim
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “nilchamim” appears- and there remainedנִשְׁאֲרוּnisharu
remain
To remain, what is left.
Where else “nisharu” appears- woundedמְדֻקָּרִיםmedukarim
pierce, thrust through
Pierce: wound by driving in a spear or a sword.
Where else “medukarim” appears- menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- in his tentאָהֳלahol
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ahol” appears- they would rise upיָקוּמוּyakumu
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakumu” appears- and burnשָׂרְפוּsarfu
burn
Burn; bake in the fire.
Where else “sarfu” appears- this cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- with fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears
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,