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Fleeנֻדוּfrom the midstמִתּוֹךְof Babylon,בָּבֶלand from the landוּמֵאֶרֶץof the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםgo out,צֵאוּand beוִהְיוּlike male goatsכְּעַתּוּדִיםbeforeלִפְנֵיthe flock.צֹאן
Jeremiah 50:8
Study it in the app“Flee from the midst of Babylon, and from the land of the Chaldeans go out, and be like male goats before the flock.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 50:8, word by word
- Fleeנֻדוּnudu
wander
To roam, run off.
Where else “nudu” appears- from the midstתּוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- and from the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkasdim
Chaldean
The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.
Where else “kasdim” appears- go outצֵאוּtseu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tseu” appears- and beהְיוּheu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heu” appears- like male goatsעַתּוּדִיםatudim
leader
A leader or chief, so called after the male that goes before the flock.
Where else “atudim” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the flockצֹאןtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears
Places in this verse
Babylon
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).
The context
7All who found them devoured them, and their adversaries said, “We are not guilty, because they have sinned against YHWH, the dwelling of righteousness, and the hope of their fathers, YHWH.”
8 · This verse (above)
9For look, I am stirring up and bringing up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north; and they will set themselves in array against her; from there she will be captured. Its arrows are like those of a skilled mighty man who does not return empty-handed.