And he will comeוּבָאand strikeוְהִכָּהthe landאֶת אֶרֶץof Egypt:מִצְרָיִםthoseאֲשֶׁרwho are for death,לַמָּוֶתto death;לַמָּוֶתand thoseוַאֲשֶׁרfor captivity,לַשְּׁבִיto captivity;לַשֶּׁבִיand thoseוַאֲשֶׁרfor the sword,לַחֶרֶבto the sword.לֶחָרֶב
Jeremiah 43:11
Study it in the app“And he will come and strike the land of Egypt: those who are for death, to death; and those for captivity, to captivity; and those for the sword, to the sword.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 43:11, word by word
- And he will comeבָאva
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “va” appears- and strikeהִכָּהhika
defeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “hika” appears- the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- who are for deathמָּוֶתmavet
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appears- for captivityשְּׁבִיshevi
captive, captivity
Captive, prisoner; captivity.
Where else “shevi” appears- for the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
10and say to them, ‘Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: Look, I am sending, and I will take Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, my servant, and I will set his throne above these stones that I have hidden; and he will spread his canopy over them.
11 · This verse (above)
12And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt, and he will burn them and take them captive; and he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as the shepherd wraps himself with his garment; and he will go out from there in peace.