Jeremiah 44:1

“The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who were living in the land of Egypt, who were living in Migdol and in Tahpanhes and in Memphis and in the land of Pathros, saying,”

Jeremiah 44:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 44:1, word by word

The wordדָּבָרdavar

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

Where else “davar” appears
cameהָיָהhaya

become

To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.

Where else “haya” appears
to Jeremiahיִרְמְיָהוּyirmyahu

Jeremiah

Jeremiah: a name meaning "YHWH raises up" or "YHWH exalts," borne by several men: best known is the prophet, son of Hilkiah, from Anathoth (Jeremiah 1:1); in 2 Kings 23:31 and 24:18 another Jeremiah, of Libnah, grandfather of two kings.

Where else “yirmyahu” appears
the Jewsיְּהוּדִיםyehudim

Jew, Judean

Jew: a person of Judah, first of the kingdom of Judah and then, in general, of the people descended from it. Its first appearance is 2 Kings 16:6, where it names the men of Judah who lived in Elath. It is frequent in Jeremiah, Nehemiah and Esther.

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who were livingיֹּשְׁבִיםyoshvim

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

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in the landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim

Egypt, Mizraim

See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears
in Migdolמִגְדֹּלmigdol

Migdol

Migdol, "tower": a fortified post on the border of Egypt.

Where else “migdol” appears
and in Tahpanhesתַחְפַּנְחֵסtachpanches

Tahpanhes

Tahpanhes: a city of Egypt, near its eastern border, where the Judeans who fled with Jeremiah settled.

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and in Memphisנֹףnof

Noph (Memphis)

Noph: Memphis, a great city of Egypt.

Where else “nof” appears
of Pathrosפַּתְרוֹסpatros

Pathros

Pathros: Upper Egypt, the southern part of the country.

Where else “patros” appears
sayingאמֹרmor

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “mor” appears

Places in this verse

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

    Genesis 12:10Genesis 37:28Exodus 12:41Matthew 2:14

The context

1 · This verse (above)

2“Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: You have seen all the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem and on all the cities of Judah; and look, they are a ruin this day, and no one lives in them,

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