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And Jeremiahוַ יִרְמְיָהוּwroteיִּכְתֹּבallאֵת כָּלthe evilהָרָעָהthatאֲשֶׁרwould comeתָּבוֹאupon Babylonאֶל בָּבֶלin oneאֶחָדbook,אֶל סֵפֶרallאֵת כָּלthese wordsהַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּהthat are writtenהַכְּתֻבִיםconcerning Babylon.אֶל בָּבֶל
Jeremiah 51:60
Study it in the app“And Jeremiah wrote all the evil that would come upon Babylon in one book, all these words that are written concerning Babylon.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 51:60, word by word
- And Jeremiahיִרְמְיָהוּyirmyahu
Jeremiah
Jeremiah: a name meaning "YHWH raises up" or "YHWH exalts," borne by several men: best known is the prophet, son of Hilkiah, from Anathoth (Jeremiah 1:1); in 2 Kings 23:31 and 24:18 another Jeremiah, of Libnah, grandfather of two kings.
Where else “yirmyahu” appears- wroteיִּכְתֹּבyichtov
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “yichtov” appears- the evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- would comeתָּבוֹאtavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavo” appears- upon Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- in oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- bookסֵפֶרsefer
book
A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.
Where else “sefer” appears- these wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” 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
59The word that Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign; and Seraiah was chief of the resting place.
60 · This verse (above)
61And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you come to Babylon, then see, and read all these words,