And the armyוְחֵילof Pharaohפַּרְעֹהhad come outיָצָאof Egypt,מִמִּצְרָיִםand the Chaldeansוַ הַכַּשְׂדִּיםwho were besiegingהַצָּרִיםJerusalemעַל יְרוּשָׁלִַםheardיִּשְׁמְעוּthe news of them,אֶת שִׁמְעָםand they withdrewוַיֵּעָלוּfromמֵעַלJerusalem.יְרוּשָׁלִָם
Jeremiah 37:5
Study it in the app“And the army of Pharaoh had come out of Egypt, and the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the news of them, and they withdrew from Jerusalem.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 37:5, word by word
- And the armyחֵילchel
army
A body of soldiers, a king's armed force.
Where else “chel” appears- of Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- had come outיָצָאyatsa
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsa” appears- of Egyptמִּצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkasdim
Chaldean
The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.
Where else “kasdim” appears- who were besiegingצָּרִיםtsarim
besiege
To encircle a city, or shut something in.
Where else “tsarim” appears- Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- heardיִּשְׁמְעוּyishmu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “yishmu” appears- the news of themשִׁמְעָshima
report
What is heard about someone.
Where else “shima” appears- and they withdrewיֵּעָלוּyealu
rise
To rise: the sun, the smoke.
Where else “yealu” appears
Places in this verse
1Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
2Jerusalem
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
4Now Jeremiah was coming in and going out among the people, and they had not put him in the prison.
5 · This verse (above)
6And the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,