Look,וְהִנֵּהallכָלthe womenהַנָּשִׁיםwhoאֲשֶׁרare leftנִשְׁאֲרוּin the houseבְּבֵיתof the kingמֶלֶךְof Judahיְהוּדָהare being brought outמוּצָאוֹתto the princesאֶל שָׂרֵיof the kingמֶלֶךְof Babylon,בָּבֶלand theyוְהֵנָּהare saying,אֹמְרוֹת‘They have incited youהִסִּיתוּךָand prevailedוְיָכְלוּover you,לְךָyour menאַנְשֵׁיof peace;שְׁלֹמֶךָyour feetרַגְלֶךָhave sunkהָטְבְּעוּin the mire;בַבֹּץthey have turnedנָסֹגוּback.’אָחוֹר
Jeremiah 38:22
Study it in the app“Look, all the women who are left in the house of the king of Judah are being brought out to the princes of the king of Babylon, and they are saying, ‘They have incited you and prevailed over you, your men of peace; your feet have sunk in the mire; they have turned back.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 38:22, word by word
- the womenנָּשִׁיםnashim
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appears- are leftנִשְׁאֲרוּnisharu
remain
To remain, what is left.
Where else “nisharu” appears- in the houseבֵיתvet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vet” appears- of the kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- are being brought outמוּצָאוֹתmutsaot
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “mutsaot” appears- to the princesשָׂרֵיsare
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appears- of Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- are sayingאֹמְרוֹתomrot
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omrot” appears- ‘They have incited youהִסִּיתוּhisitu
incite, entice
Incite: push someone to do something, especially evil; entice.
Where else “hisitu” appears- and prevailedיָכְלוּyachlu
prevail
To come out victorious against someone stronger or greater.
Where else “yachlu” appears- your menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appears- of peaceשְׁלֹמֶshelome
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shelome” appears- your feetרַגְלֶragle
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragle” appears- have sunkהָטְבְּעוּhatbu
sink
To go to the bottom, to be sunk in water or mud.
Where else “hatbu” appears- in the mireבֹּץbots
mud
Mud, thick mire.
Where else “bots” appears- they have turnedנָסֹגוּnasogu
turn back, draw back
To turn back, to draw back: to turn away from a path or from someone.
Where else “nasogu” appears- back.’אָחוֹרachor
behind
The part behind something or someone, the side not seen from the front.
Where else “achor” appears
Places in this verse
Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
The context
21But if you refuse to go out, this is the word that YHWH has shown me:
22 · This verse (above)
23And all your wives and your sons they will bring out to the Chaldeans, and you will not escape from their hand, for by the hand of the king of Babylon you will be seized, and this city you will burn with fire.”