Jeremiah 43:3

“but Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us, in order to give us into the hand of the Chaldeans, to put us to death or to carry us into exile to Babylon.””

Jeremiah 43:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 43:3, word by word

Baruchבָּרוּךְbaruch

Baruch

Baruch: a name meaning "blessed". Above all, the scribe of the prophet Jeremiah; also some men of Nehemiah's time, such as the son of Zabbai who zealously repaired a section of the wall.

Where else “baruch” appears
sonבֶּןben

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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of Neriahנֵרִיָּהneriya

Neriah

Neriah: a name meaning "YHWH is a lamp"; the father of Baruch, Jeremiah's scribe, and of Seraiah.

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is incitingמַסִּיתmasit

incite, entice

Incite: push someone to do something, especially evil; entice.

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to giveתֵּתtet

hand over

To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.

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into the handיַדyad

power

Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.

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of the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkasdim

Chaldean

The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.

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to putהָמִיתhamit

kill

To kill someone.

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or to carryהַגְלוֹתhaglot

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

2that Azariah son of Hoshaiah said, and Johanan son of Kareah, and all the insolent men, saying to Jeremiah, “You are speaking falsehood! YHWH our Elohim has not sent you to say, ‘Do not go to Egypt to reside as aliens there,’

3 · This verse (above)

4So Johanan son of Kareah and all the chiefs of the forces and all the people did not listen to the voice of YHWH, to stay in the land of Judah.

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