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And Babylonוְ בָבֶלwill becomeהָיְתָהheaps,לְגַלִּיםa lairמְעוֹןof jackals,תַּנִּיםa horrorשַׁמָּהand a hissing,וּשְׁרֵקָהwithoutמֵאֵיןinhabitant.יוֹשֵׁב
Jeremiah 51:37
Study it in the app“And Babylon will become heaps, a lair of jackals, a horror and a hissing, without inhabitant.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 51:37, word by word
- And Babylonבָבֶלvavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “vavel” appears- will becomeהָיְתָהhayta
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayta” appears- heapsגַלִּיםgalim
heap
Stones piled up, or ruins.
Where else “galim” appears- a lairמְעוֹןmeon
dwelling, lair
Dwelling: the place where someone lives; often the heavens or the sanctuary where God dwells; also the lair of jackals.
Where else “meon” appears- of jackalsתַּנִּיםtanim
jackal
A wild dog that lives among ruins.
Where else “tanim” appears- a horrorשַׁמָּהshama
horror
Something that horrifies everyone.
Where else “shama” appears- and a hissingשְׁרֵקָהshereka
hissing
Hissing: the whistle of scorn or astonishment of one who passes by a ruin; hence, "an object of scorn."
Where else “shereka” appears- inhabitantיוֹשֵׁבyoshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” 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
36Therefore thus says YHWH: Look, I am pleading your cause, and I will avenge your vengeance; and I will dry up her sea, and make dry her spring.
37 · This verse (above)
38Together like young lions they roar; they growl like the cubs of lions.