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SuddenlyפִּתְאֹםBabylonבָבֶלhas fallenנָפְלָהand been broken;וַתִּשָּׁבֵרwailהֵילִילוּfor her!עָלֶיהָTakeקְחוּbalmצֳרִיfor her pain;לְמַכְאוֹבָהּperhapsאוּלַיshe may be healed.תֵּרָפֵא
Jeremiah 51:8
Study it in the app“Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; wail for her! Take balm for her pain; perhaps she may be healed.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 51:8, word by word
- Suddenlyפִּתְאֹםpitom
suddenly
Suddenly, in an instant.
Where else “pitom” appears- Babylonבָבֶלvavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “vavel” appears- has fallenנָפְלָהnafla
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “nafla” appears- and been brokenתִּשָּׁבֵרtishaver
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “tishaver” appears- wailהֵילִילוּhelilu
howl, wail
To howl, to wail: to cry out loud in grief or alarm.
Where else “helilu” appears- Takeקְחוּkechu
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kechu” appears- balmצֳרִיtsori
balm
Balm: a resin used as medicine; Gilead was famous for it.
Where else “tsori” appears- for her painמַכְאוֹבָmachova
pain
Pain, suffering.
Where else “machova” appears- perhapsאוּלַיulay
perhaps
Perhaps, maybe.
Where else “ulay” appears- she may be healedתֵּרָפֵאterafe
heal
To heal a sick person, a wound or a people.
Where else “terafe” 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
7A cup of gold was Babylon in the hand of YHWH, making drunk all the earth; of her wine the nations drank; therefore the nations go mad.
8 · This verse (above)
9We have healed Babylon, but she is not healed. Leave her, and let us go, each one to his land; for her judgment has reached to the heavens and has been lifted up to the clouds.