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They criedקָרְאוּthere,שָׁם“Pharaohפַּרְעֹהkingמֶלֶךְof Egyptמִצְרַיִםis but a noise;שָׁאוֹןhe has let passהֶעֱבִירthe appointed time.”הַמּוֹעֵד
Jeremiah 46:17
Study it in the app“They cried there, “Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let pass the appointed time.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 46:17, word by word
- They criedקָרְאוּkaru
cry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “karu” appears- “Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- is but a noiseשָׁאוֹןshaon
roar, uproar
Roar, uproar: a great noise, like that of waters or of a crowd; also the ruin that comes with it.
Where else “shaon” appears- he has let passהֶעֱבִירheevir
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “heevir” appears- the appointed timeמּוֹעֵדmoed
appointed time
A date fixed beforehand.
Where else “moed” 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
16He made many stumble; indeed, each one fell against his neighbor, and they said, “Get up, and let us return to our people and to the land of our birth, from before the sword of the oppressor.”
17 · This verse (above)
18As I live, declares the King, YHWH Tsevaot is his name: surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, he will come.