Declare itהַגִּידוּin Egypt,בְמִצְרַיִםand proclaim itוְהַשְׁמִיעוּin Migdol,בְמִגְדּוֹלand proclaim itוְהַשְׁמִיעוּin Memphisבְנֹףand in Tahpanhes;וּבְתַחְפַּנְחֵסsay,אִמְרוּ“Take your standהִתְיַצֵּבand prepare yourself,וְהָכֵן לָךְforכִּיthe swordחֶרֶבdevoursאָכְלָהall around you.”סְבִיבֶיךָ
Jeremiah 46:14
Study it in the app“Declare 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 46:14, word by word
- Declare itהַגִּידוּhagidu
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “hagidu” appears- in Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and proclaim itהַשְׁמִיעוּhashmiu
proclaim
Literally "make hear": to make known to all.
Where else “hashmiu” appears- in Migdolמִגְדּוֹלmigdol
Migdol
Migdol, "tower": a fortified post on the border of Egypt.
Where else “migdol” appears- in Memphisנֹףnof
Noph (Memphis)
Noph: Memphis, a great city of Egypt.
Where else “nof” appears- and in Tahpanhesתַחְפַּנְחֵסtachpanches
Tahpanhes
Tahpanhes: a city of Egypt, near its eastern border, where the Judeans who fled with Jeremiah settled.
Where else “tachpanches” appears- sayאִמְרוּimru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “imru” appears- “Take your standהִתְיַצֵּבhityatsev
take one's stand
Take one's stand, stand firm in a place, present oneself.
Where else “hityatsev” appears- and prepare yourselfהָכֵןhachen
prepare
To get something set and done beforehand.
Where else “hachen” appears- the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- devoursאָכְלָהachla
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “achla” appears- all around youסְבִיבֶיsevive
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “sevive” 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
13The word that YHWH spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:
14 · This verse (above)
15Why has your mighty one been swept away? He did not stand, for YHWH thrust him down.