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that Jeremiahיִרְמְיָהוּwent outוַיֵּצֵאfrom Jerusalemמִירוּשָׁלִַםto goלָלֶכֶתto the landאֶרֶץof Benjaminבִּנְיָמִןto have a shareלַחֲלִקfrom thereמִשָּׁםamongבְּתוֹךְthe people.הָעָם
Jeremiah 37:12
Study it in the app“that Jeremiah went out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to have a share from there among the people.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 37:12, word by word
- that Jeremiahיִרְמְיָהוּyirmyahu
Jeremiah
Jeremiah: a name meaning "YHWH raises up" or "YHWH exalts," borne by several men: best known is the prophet, son of Hilkiah, from Anathoth (Jeremiah 1:1); in 2 Kings 23:31 and 24:18 another Jeremiah, of Libnah, grandfather of two kings.
Where else “yirmyahu” appears- went outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- from Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִַםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears- to goלֶכֶתlechet
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechet” appears- to the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Benjaminבִּנְיָמִןbinyamin
Benjamin
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name means "son of the right hand".
Where else “binyamin” appears- to have a shareחֲלִקchalik
divide
To give each one their part.
Where else “chalik” appears- amongתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears
Translation note
“To have a share”: perhaps a family inheritance in Anathoth (cf. 32:6-9). The Hebrew is brief.
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
11And it happened, when the army of the Chaldeans withdrew from Jerusalem because of the army of Pharaoh,
12 · This verse (above)
13He was at the gate of Benjamin, and there was a captain of the guard whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah son of Hananiah; and he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “To the Chaldeans you are deserting!”