The restוְאֵת יֶתֶרof the peopleהָעָםwho were leftהַנִּשְׁאָרִיםin the city,בָּעִירand the desertersוְאֶת הַנֹּפְלִיםwhoאֲשֶׁרhad gone overנָפְלוּto him,עָלָיוand the restוְאֵת יֶתֶרof the peopleהָעָםwho were left,הַנִּשְׁאָרִיםNebuzaradanנְבוּזַר אֲדָןthe chiefרַבof the guardטַבָּחִיםcarried into exileהֶגְלָהto Babylon.בָּבֶל
Jeremiah 39:9
Study it in the app“The 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 39:9, word by word
- The restיֶתֶרyeter
rest
What remains after what has been said or done, like a king's other deeds.
Where else “yeter” 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- who were leftנִּשְׁאָרִיםnisharim
remain
To remain, what is left.
Where else “nisharim” appears- in the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- and the desertersנֹּפְלִיםnoflim
desert
To fall upon someone, or desert to the enemy.
Where else “noflim” appears- Nebuzaradanנְבוּזַרnevuzar
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 “nevuzar” 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- carried into exileהֶגְלָהhegla
go into exile
To be taken away from one's own land, or deport others.
Where else “hegla” appears- to Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” 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
8And the house of the king and the house of the people the Chaldeans burned with fire, and the walls of Jerusalem they tore down.
9 · This verse (above)
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.