Jeremiah 39:9

“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.”

Jeremiah 39:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 39:9, word by word

The restיֶתֶרyeter

rest

What remains after what has been said or done, like a king's other deeds.

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of the peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

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who were leftנִּשְׁאָרִיםnisharim

remain

To remain, what is left.

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in the cityעִירir

city

A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.

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and the desertersנֹּפְלִיםnoflim

desert

To fall upon someone, or desert to the enemy.

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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).

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the chiefרַבrav

chief

Literally "the great one": the one over a group, like the guard.

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of the guardטַבָּחִיםtabachim

guard

The king's guards.

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carried into exileהֶגְלָהhegla

go into exile

To be taken away from one's own land, or deport others.

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to Babylonבָּבֶלbavel

Babel, Babylon

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Places in this verse

Babylon
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 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).

    Genesis 11:92 Kings 25:1Psalms 137:1Daniel 1:1

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.

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