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And the houseוְאֶת בֵּיתof the kingהַמֶּלֶךְand the houseוְאֶת בֵּיתof the peopleהָעָםthe Chaldeansהַכַּשְׂדִּיםburnedשָׂרְפוּwith fire,בָּאֵשׁand the wallsוְאֶת חֹמוֹתof Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםthey tore down.נָתָצוּ
Jeremiah 39:8
Study it in the app“And the house of the king and the house of the people the Chaldeans burned with fire, and the walls of Jerusalem they tore down.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 39:8, word by word
- And the houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- of the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkasdim
Chaldean
The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.
Where else “kasdim” appears- burnedשָׂרְפוּsarfu
burn
Burn; bake in the fire.
Where else “sarfu” appears- with fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- and the wallsחֹמוֹתchomot
wall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “chomot” appears- of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- they tore downנָתָצוּnatatsu
tear down
Tear down, pull down, break down.
Where else “natatsu” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
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
7And the eyes of Zedekiah he blinded, and he bound him in bronze chains to bring him to Babylon.
8 · This verse (above)
9The rest of the people who were left in the city, and the deserters who had gone over to him, and the rest of the people who were left, Nebuzaradan the chief of the guard carried into exile to Babylon.