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HowאֵיךְSheshachשֵׁשַׁךְis captured,נִלְכְּדָהand the praiseוַ תְּהִלַּתof allכָּלthe earthהָאָרֶץis seized!תִּתָּפֵשׂHowאֵיךְBabylonבָּבֶלhas becomeהָיְתָהa horrorלְשַׁמָּהamong the nations!בַּגּוֹיִם
Jeremiah 51:41
Study it in the app“How Sheshach is captured, and the praise of all the earth is seized! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 51:41, word by word
- Sheshachשֵׁשַׁךְsheshach
Sheshach
Sheshach: a code name for Babylon.
Where else “sheshach” appears- is capturedנִלְכְּדָהnilkda
capture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “nilkda” appears- and the praiseתְּהִלַּתtehilat
praise
Praise; deeds worthy of praise; a song of praise.
Where else “tehilat” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- is seizedתִּתָּפֵשׂtitafes
seize
To grab or capture someone.
Where else “titafes” appears- Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- has becomeהָיְתָהhayta
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayta” appears- a horrorשַׁמָּהshama
horror
Something that horrifies everyone.
Where else “shama” appears- among the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” 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
40I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.
41 · This verse (above)
42The sea has come up over Babylon; with the multitude of its waves she is covered.