And the kingוַ מֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלslaughteredיִּשְׁחַטthe sonsאֶת בְּנֵיof Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּהוּat Riblahבְּרִבְלָהbefore his eyes;לְעֵינָיוand allוְאֵת כָּלthe noblesחֹרֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהthe kingמֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלslaughtered.שָׁחַט
Jeremiah 39:6
Study it in the app“And the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah at Riblah before his eyes; and all the nobles of Judah the king of Babylon slaughtered.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 39:6, word by word
- And 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- slaughteredיִּשְׁחַטyishchat
kill
To kill people with violence, at times as a sacrifice or punishment.
Where else “yishchat” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- of Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּהוּtsidkiyahu
Zedekiah
Zedekiah: a name meaning "YHWH is righteousness." It is borne by several people, among them the prophet, son of Chenaanah, who announced a false victory to Ahab (1 Kings 22), and the last king of Judah (2 Kings 24:17).
Where else “tsidkiyahu” appears- at Riblahרִבְלָהrivla
Riblah
Riblah, a place on the eastern border of Canaan; also a city in Syria. The name means "fertile."
Where else “rivla” appears- before his eyesעֵינָיenay
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “enay” appears- the noblesחֹרֵיchore
noble
Noble: a free person of rank in a city, one of those who had a say in its affairs together with the elders.
Where else “chore” 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
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
5The force of the Chaldeans pursued after them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and they took him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he pronounced judgments against him.
6 · This verse (above)
7And the eyes of Zedekiah he blinded, and he bound him in bronze chains to bring him to Babylon.