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ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהThis cityהָעִיר הַזֹּאתwill surely be givenהִנָּתֹן תִּנָּתֵןinto the handבְּיַדof the armyחֵילof the kingמֶלֶךְof Babylon,בָּבֶלand he will capture it.”וּלְכָדָהּ
Jeremiah 38:3
Study it in the app“Thus says YHWH: This city will surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 38:3, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- This cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- will surely be givenהִנָּתֹןhinaton
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “hinaton” appears- into the handיַדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of the armyחֵילchel
army
A body of soldiers, a king's armed force.
Where else “chel” appears- of the kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- and he will capture itלְכָדָlechada
capture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “lechada” 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
2“Thus says YHWH: He who stays in this city will die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; but he who goes out to the Chaldeans will live; he will have his life as spoil, and he will live.
3 · This verse (above)
4And the princes said to the king, “Please let this man be put to death, for in this way he is weakening the hands of the men of war who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking to them words like these; for this man is not seeking the peace of this people, but evil.”