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The wordהַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהspokeדִּבֶּרto Jeremiahאֶל יִרְמְיָהוּthe prophetהַנָּבִיאabout the comingלָבוֹאof Nebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּרkingמֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלto strikeלְהַכּוֹתthe landאֶרֶץof Egypt:מִצְרָיִם
Jeremiah 46:13
Study it in the app“The word that YHWH spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 46:13, word by word
- The wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- spokeדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” 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 prophetנָּבִיאnavi
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appears- about the comingבוֹאvo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vo” appears- of Nebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּרnevuchadretsar
Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar: king of Babylon who subdued Judah, took Jerusalem, burned the house of YHWH and took the people into exile (2 Kings 24-25; Jeremiah; Daniel 1-4). The Hebrew writes his name in several forms.
Where else “nevuchadretsar” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- to strikeהַכּוֹתhakot
defeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “hakot” 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
Places in this verse
1Babylon
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).
2Egypt
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
12The nations have heard of your shame, and your outcry has filled the earth; for mighty man against mighty man has stumbled; together they have fallen, both of them.
13 · This verse (above)
14Declare it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol, and proclaim it in Memphis and in Tahpanhes; say, “Take your stand and prepare yourself, for the sword devours all around you.”