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And it happened,וְהָיָהwhenבְּthe armyחֵילof the ChaldeansהַכַּשְׂדִּיםwithdrewהֵעָלוֹתfromמֵעַלJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםbecause ofמִפְּנֵיthe armyחֵילof Pharaoh,פַּרְעֹה
Jeremiah 37:11
Study it in the app“And it happened, when the army of the Chaldeans withdrew from Jerusalem because of the army of Pharaoh,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 37:11, word by word
- And it happenedהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- the 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- withdrewהֵעָלוֹתhealot
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “healot” appears- Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- because ofפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- of Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” 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
10For 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.”
11 · This verse (above)
12that Jeremiah went out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to have a share from there among the people.