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Runnerרָץrunsיָרוּץto meetלִקְרַאתrunner,רָץand messengerוּמַגִּידto meetלִקְרַאתmessenger,מַגִּידto tellלְהַגִּידthe kingלְמֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלthatכִּיhis cityעִירוֹis capturedנִלְכְּדָהfrom end to end;מִקָּצֶה
Jeremiah 51:31
Study it in the app“Runner runs to meet runner, and messenger to meet messenger, to tell the king of Babylon that his city is captured from end to end;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 51:31, word by word
- Runnerרָץrats
runner
The swift messenger or guard on foot.
Where else “rats” appears- to meetקְרַאתkerat
meet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerat” appears- and messengerמַגִּידmagid
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “magid” appears- the kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- his cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- is capturedנִלְכְּדָהnilkda
capture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “nilkda” appears- from end to endקָּצֶהkatse
end
The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.
Where else “katse” 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
30The mighty men of Babylon have ceased to fight; they remain in the strongholds; their might has failed; they have become women; they have set on fire her dwellings; her bars are broken.
31 · This verse (above)
32and the fords are seized, and the marshes they have burned with fire, and the men of war are terrified.