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Let notאַלthe swiftהַקַּלflee,יָנוּסnorוְאַלthe mighty manהַגִּבּוֹרescape!יִמָּלֵטNorthward,צָפוֹנָהby the bankעַל יַדof the riverנְהַרEuphrates,פְּרָתthey have stumbledכָּשְׁלוּand fallen.וְנָפָלוּ
Jeremiah 46:6
Study it in the app“Let not the swift flee, nor the mighty man escape! Northward, by the bank of the river Euphrates, they have stumbled and fallen.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 46:6, word by word
- the swiftקַּלkal
swift, light
Light, swift.
Where else “kal” appears- fleeיָנוּסyanus
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “yanus” appears- the mighty manגִּבּוֹרgibor
warrior
A brave warrior, or a capable man.
Where else “gibor” appears- escapeיִמָּלֵטyimalet
escape
To flee from a danger or an enemy and get to safety.
Where else “yimalet” appears- Northwardצָפוֹנָtsafona
north
North.
Where else “tsafona” appears- by the bankיַדyad
beside
Literally "the hand": the side or edge of something.
Where else “yad” appears- of the riverנְהַרnehar
river
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nehar” appears- Euphratesפְּרָתperat
Euphrates
See it on the mapWhere else “perat” appears- they have stumbledכָּשְׁלוּkashlu
stumble
To lose one's balance while walking until one falls.
Where else “kashlu” appears- and fallenנָפָלוּnafalu
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “nafalu” appears
Places in this verse
Euphrates
Today: Euphrates River: Turkey, Syria, Iraq
The longest river in southwest Asia; it rises in Turkey and flows through Syria and Iraq to the Persian Gulf.
It is one of the four rivers of Eden (Gen 2:14). God promised Abram the land as far as this river (Gen 15:18).
The context
5Why have I seen it? They are dismayed, turning back, and their mighty men are beaten down, and they have fled in flight and do not turn around; terror on every side, declares YHWH.
6 · This verse (above)
7Who is this that rises like the Nile, like the rivers whose waters surge?