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ForכִּיYHWHיְהוָהis devastatingשֹׁדֵדBabylon,אֶת בָּבֶלand he will destroyוְאִבַּדfrom herמִמֶּנָּהthe greatגָּדוֹלvoice;קוֹלand their wavesגַלֵּיהֶםroarוְהָמוּlike manyכְּ רַבִּיםwaters;מַיִםthe tumultשְׁאוֹןof their voiceקוֹלָםis raised.נִתַּן
Jeremiah 51:55
Study it in the app“For YHWH is devastating Babylon, and he will destroy from her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the tumult of their voice is raised.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 51:55, word by word
- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- is devastatingשֹׁדֵדshoded
devastate
To leave a country or city empty and in ruins by force.
Where else “shoded” appears- Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- and he will destroyאִבַּדibad
destroy
To make someone or something disappear completely.
Where else “ibad” appears- the greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- and their wavesגַלֵּיgale
wave
The rising swell of the sea.
Where else “gale” appears- roarהָמוּhamu
roar
To make a great din, like the sea or a crowd.
Where else “hamu” appears- like manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- watersמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- the tumultשְׁאוֹןsheon
roar, uproar
Roar, uproar: a great noise, like that of waters or of a crowd; also the ruin that comes with it.
Where else “sheon” appears- is raisedנִתַּןnitan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “nitan” 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
54A sound of crying from Babylon, and great breaking from the land of the Chaldeans!
55 · This verse (above)
56For the devastator has come upon her, upon Babylon, and her mighty men are captured, their bows are shattered; for El of recompenses is YHWH; he will surely repay.