Study it in the app“And I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her prefects and her mighty men, and they will sleep an eternal sleep and not wake up, declares the King, YHWH Tsevaot is his name.”
And I will make drunkוְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּיher princesשָׂרֶיהָand her wise men,וַחֲכָמֶיהָher governorsפַּחוֹתֶיהָand her prefectsוּסְגָנֶיהָand her mighty men,וְגִבּוֹרֶיהָand they will sleepוְיָשְׁנוּan eternalעוֹלָםsleepשְׁנַתand notוְלֹאwake up,יָקִיצוּdeclaresנְאֻםthe King,הַמֶּלֶךְYHWHיְהוָהTsevaotצְבָאוֹתis his name.שְׁמוֹ
make drunk
To make another drunk.
Where else “hishkarti” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appearswise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chachame” appearsgovernor
Governor: one who rules a province or district in the name of the king. A frequent word in the books of the Persian period.
Where else “pachote” appearsofficial, magistrate
Official, magistrate: one who holds a government office under a higher chief. In Ezra and Nehemiah, the authorities of the people together with the leaders.
Where else “segane” appearswarrior
A brave warrior, or a capable man.
Where else “gibore” appearssleep
To fall asleep, or sleep the sleep of death.
Where else “yashnu” appearsforever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appearssleep
Sleep.
Where else “shenat” appearsawake
To awake, to wake up from sleep.
Where else “yakitsu” appearsdeclaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appearssupreme king
YHWH, king of Israel and the earth.
Where else “melech” appearsYHWH
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” appearsTsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appearsname of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shem” appears56For 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.
57 · This verse (above)
58Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: The broad walls of Babylon will be utterly razed, and her high gates will be burned with fire; and peoples labor for nothing, and nations for the fire, and they grow weary.
