Jeremiah 29:1 Go deeper
Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon; (KJV)
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וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ve.'E.lehand these
Lemma: אֵ֫לֶּה (el.leh) · Strong's: H0428
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: these
Used 745 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 9:19, Genesis 10:1, Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0428; TAHOT Jeremiah 29:1 word 1
דִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.Rei[are] [the] words of
Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: word
Used 867 times. Also: Genesis 11:1, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:52, Genesis 27:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1697G; TAHOT Jeremiah 29:1 word 2
הַסֵּ֔פֶרha.Se.ferthe letter
Lemma: סֵ֫פֶר (se.pher) · Strong's: H5612A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: scroll: document
Used 52 times. Also: Deuteronomy 24:1, Deuteronomy 24:3, 2 Samuel 11:14, 2 Samuel 11:15, 1 Kings 21:8, 1 Kings 21:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5612A; TAHOT Jeremiah 29:1 word 3
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhich
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Jeremiah 29:1 word 4
שָׁלַ֛חsha.Lachhe sent
Lemma: שָׁלַח (sha.lach) · Strong's: H7971G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to send: depart
Used 669 times. Also: Genesis 3:23, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:8, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 12:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7971G; TAHOT Jeremiah 29:1 word 5
יִרְמְיָ֥הyir.me.YahJeremiah
Lemma: יִרְמְיָ֫הוּ (yir.me.yah) · Strong's: H3414L
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Jeremiah
Used 135 times. Also: 2 Chronicles 35:25, 2 Chronicles 36:12, 2 Chronicles 36:21, 2 Chronicles 36:22, Ezra 1:1, Jeremiah 1:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3414L; TAHOT Jeremiah 29:1 word 6
הַנָּבִ֖יאha.na.Vi'the prophet
Lemma: נָבִיא (na.vi) · Strong's: H5030
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: prophet
Used 314 times. Also: Genesis 20:7, Exodus 7:1, Numbers 11:29, Numbers 12:6, Deuteronomy 13:1, Deuteronomy 13:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5030; TAHOT Jeremiah 29:1 word 7
מִירוּשָׁלִָ֑םmi.ru.sha.Limfrom Jerusalem
Lemma: יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם (ye.ru.sha.laim) · Strong's: H3389
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Jerusalem
Used 643 times. Also: Joshua 10:1, Joshua 10:3, Joshua 10:5, Joshua 10:23, Joshua 12:10, Joshua 15:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3389; TAHOT Jeremiah 29:1 word 8
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Jeremiah 29:1 word 9
יֶ֜תֶרYe.ter[the] remainder of
Lemma: יֶ֫תֶר (ye.ter) · Strong's: H3499A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: remainder
Used 95 times. Also: Genesis 49:3, Exodus 10:5, Exodus 23:11, Leviticus 14:17, Numbers 31:32, Deuteronomy 3:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3499A; TAHOT Jeremiah 29:1 word 10
זִקְנֵ֣יzik.Nei[the] elders of
Lemma: זָקֵן (za.qen) · Strong's: H2205G
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HAampc)
Meaning: old: elder
Used 127 times. Also: Genesis 50:7, Exodus 3:16, Exodus 3:18, Exodus 4:29, Exodus 12:21, Exodus 17:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2205G; TAHOT Jeremiah 29:1 word 11
הַגּוֹלָ֗הha.go.Lahthe exile[s]
Lemma: גּוֹלָה (go.lah) · Strong's: H1473
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: captivity
Used 43 times. Also: 2 Kings 24:14, 2 Kings 24:15, 2 Kings 24:16, 1 Chronicles 5:22, Ezra 1:11, Ezra 2:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1473; TAHOT Jeremiah 29:1 word 12
וְאֶל\־ve.'el-and to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Jeremiah 29:1 word 13
הַכֹּהֲנִ֤יםha.ko.ha.Nimthe priests
Lemma: כֹּהֵן (ko.hen) · Strong's: H3548
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: priest
Used 750 times. Also: Genesis 14:18, Genesis 41:45, Genesis 41:50, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 47:22, Genesis 47:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3548; TAHOT Jeremiah 29:1 word 14
וְאֶל\־ve.'el-and to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Jeremiah 29:1 word 15
הַנְּבִיאִים֙ha.ne.vi.'Imthe prophets
Lemma: נָבִיא (na.vi) · Strong's: H5030
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: prophet
Used 314 times. Also: Genesis 20:7, Exodus 7:1, Numbers 11:29, Numbers 12:6, Deuteronomy 13:1, Deuteronomy 13:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5030; TAHOT Jeremiah 29:1 word 16
וְאֶל\־ve.'el-and to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Jeremiah 29:1 word 17
כָּל\־kol-all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Jeremiah 29:1 word 18
הָעָ֔םha.'Amthe people
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: people
Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Jeremiah 29:1 word 19
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.Sherwhich
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Jeremiah 29:1 word 20
הֶגְלָ֧הheg.Lahhe had taken into exile
Lemma: גָּלָה (ga.lah) · Strong's: H1540K
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhp3ms)
Meaning: to reveal: remove
Used 74 times. Also: Judges 18:30, 1 Samuel 4:21, 1 Samuel 4:22, 2 Samuel 15:19, 2 Kings 15:29, 2 Kings 16:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1540K; TAHOT Jeremiah 29:1 word 21
נְבֽוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֛רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarNebuchadnezzar
Lemma: נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר, נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר (ne.vu.khad.nets.tsar) · Strong's: H5019
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Nebuchadnezzar
Used 58 times. Also: 2 Kings 24:1, 2 Kings 24:10, 2 Kings 24:11, 2 Kings 25:1, 2 Kings 25:8, 2 Kings 25:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5019; TAHOT Jeremiah 29:1 word 22
מִירוּשָׁלִַ֖םmi.ru.sha.Limfrom Jerusalem
Lemma: יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם (ye.ru.sha.laim) · Strong's: H3389
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Jerusalem
Used 643 times. Also: Joshua 10:1, Joshua 10:3, Joshua 10:5, Joshua 10:23, Joshua 12:10, Joshua 15:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3389; TAHOT Jeremiah 29:1 word 23
בָּבֶֽלָה\׃ba.Ve.lahBabylon towards
Lemma: בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל (ba.vel) · Strong's: H0894
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Babylon
Used 262 times. Also: Genesis 10:10, Genesis 11:9, 2 Kings 17:24, 2 Kings 17:30, 2 Kings 20:12, 2 Kings 20:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0894; TAHOT Jeremiah 29:1 word 24
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| This | → | אֵ֫לֶּה H0428 these |
| is the text | → | דָּבָר H1697G word |
| of the letter | → | סֵ֫פֶר H5612A scroll: document |
| that | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| Jeremiah | → | יִרְמְיָ֫הוּ H3414L Jeremiah |
| the prophet | → | נָבִיא H5030 prophet |
| sent | → | שָׁלַח H7971G to send: depart |
| from Jerusalem | → | יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם H3389 Jerusalem |
| to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| the surviving | → | יֶ֫תֶר H3499A remainder |
| elders | → | זָקֵן H2205G old: elder |
| among the exiles | → | גּוֹלָה H1473 captivity |
| and to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| the priests | → | כֹּהֵן H3548 priest |
| . . . | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| the prophets | → | נָבִיא H5030 prophet |
| . . . | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| and all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| the others | → | עַם H5971A people |
| Nebuchadnezzar | → | נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר, נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר H5019 Nebuchadnezzar |
| had carried into exile | → | גָּלָה H1540K to reveal: remove |
| from Jerusalem | → | יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם H3389 Jerusalem |
| to Babylon | → | בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל H0894 Babylon |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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