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And Nebuchadnezzarוַ נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּרkingמֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלgave ordersיְצַוconcerning Jeremiahעַל יִרְמְיָהוּthroughבְּיַדNebuzaradanנְבוּזַרְאֲדָןthe chiefרַבof the guard,טַבָּחִיםsaying,לֵאמֹר
Jeremiah 39:11
Study it in the app“And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave orders concerning Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan the chief of the guard, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 39:11, word by word
- And Nebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּרnevuchadretsar
Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar: king of Babylon who subdued Judah, took Jerusalem, burned the house of YHWH and took the people into exile (2 Kings 24-25; Jeremiah; Daniel 1-4). The Hebrew writes his name in several forms.
Where else “nevuchadretsar” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- gave ordersיְצַוyetsav
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “yetsav” appears- concerning 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- throughיַדyad
through
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appears- Nebuzaradanנְבוּזַרְאֲדָןnevuzaradan
Nebuzaradan
Nebuzaradan. Captain of the guard of the king of Babylon; he burned the house of YHWH and Jerusalem, tore down its walls and carried the people into exile (2 Kings 25:8-20; Jeremiah 39–40; 52).
Where else “nevuzaradan” appears- the chiefרַבrav
chief
Literally "the great one": the one over a group, like the guard.
Where else “rav” appears- of the guardטַבָּחִיםtabachim
guard
The king's guards.
Where else “tabachim” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” 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
10But of the people, the poor who had nothing Nebuzaradan the chief of the guard left in the land of Judah, and he gave them vineyards and fields on that day.
11 · This verse (above)
12“Take him, and set your eyes on him, and do not do to him anything bad; but as he speaks to you, so do with him.”