Jeremiah 50:29

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Jeremiah 50:29, word by word

Summonהַשְׁמִיעוּhashmiu

proclaim

Literally "make hear": to make known to all.

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against Babylonבָּבֶלbavel

Babel, Babylon

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archersרַבִּיםrabim

archer

An archer, one who shoots arrows.

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who bendדֹּרְכֵיdorche

bend a bow

To bend a bow by bracing it with the foot, to string it and shoot.

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the bowקֶשֶׁתkeshet

bow

A curved wooden weapon with a string, which shoots arrows.

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encampחֲנוּchanu

encamp

To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.

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all aroundסָבִיבsaviv

around

In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.

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let there be noיְהִיyehi

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

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escapeפְּלֵטָהpeleta

escape

Managing to get out of danger: the escape.

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Repay herשַׁלְּמוּshalmu

repay

To settle a debt, give back; keep a vow.

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according to her deedsפָעֳלָfaola

deed

What someone does; what God accomplishes.

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she has doneעָשְׂתָהasta

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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against 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.

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she has acted insolentlyזָדָהzada

act arrogantly

To defy a command on purpose, proudly.

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against the Holy Oneקְדוֹשׁkedosh

Holy One

God, the one wholly set apart and pure, God of Israel.

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of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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Translation note

“Archers” (רַבִּים) can also be understood as “many.”

The context