Jeremiah 49:38 Go deeper
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And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD . (KJV)
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וְשַׂמְתִּ֥יve.sam.Tiand I will set
Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqq1cs)
Meaning: to set: make
Used 272 times. Also: Genesis 6:16, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 21:13, Genesis 21:18, Genesis 27:37, Genesis 28:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7760A; TAHOT Jeremiah 49:38 word 1
כִסְאִ֖יkhis.'Ithrone my
Lemma: כִּסֵּא (kis.se) · Strong's: H3678G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: throne
Used 124 times. Also: Genesis 41:40, Exodus 11:5, Exodus 12:29, Deuteronomy 17:18, Judges 3:20, 1 Samuel 2:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3678G; TAHOT Jeremiah 49:38 word 2
בְּעֵילָ֑םbe.'ei.Lamin Elam
Lemma: עֵילָם (e.lam) · Strong's: H5867A
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Elam
Used 14 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:9, Isaiah 11:11, Isaiah 21:2, Isaiah 22:6, Jeremiah 25:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5867A; TAHOT Jeremiah 49:38 word 3
וְהַאֲבַדְתִּ֥יve.ha.'a.vad.Tiand I will destroy
Lemma: אָבַד (a.vad) · Strong's: H0006
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhq1cs)
Meaning: to perish
Used 183 times. Also: Exodus 10:7, Leviticus 23:30, Leviticus 26:38, Numbers 16:33, Numbers 17:12, Numbers 21:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0006; TAHOT Jeremiah 49:38 word 4
מִשָּׁ֛םmi.Shamfrom there
Lemma: שָׁם (sham) · Strong's: H8033G
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: there
Used 832 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:10, Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 3:23, Genesis 10:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8033G; TAHOT Jeremiah 49:38 word 5
מֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhking
Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: king
Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT Jeremiah 49:38 word 6
וְשָׂרִ֖יםve.sa.Rimand officials
Lemma: שַׂר (sar) · Strong's: H8269
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: ruler
Used 421 times. Also: Genesis 12:15, Genesis 21:22, Genesis 21:32, Genesis 26:26, Genesis 37:36, Genesis 39:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8269; TAHOT Jeremiah 49:38 word 7
נְאֻם\־ne.'um-[the] utterance of
Lemma: נְאֻם (ne.um) · Strong's: H5002
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: utterance
Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 22:16, Numbers 14:28, Numbers 24:3, Numbers 24:4, Numbers 24:15, Numbers 24:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5002; TAHOT Jeremiah 49:38 word 8
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Jeremiah 49:38 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I will set | → | שׂוּם H7760A to set: make |
| My throne | → | כִּסֵּא H3678G throne |
| in Elam | → | עֵילָם H5867A Elam |
| and destroy | → | אָבַד H0006 to perish |
| its | → | שָׁם H8033G there |
| king | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| and officials | → | שַׂר H8269 ruler |
| declares | → | נְאֻם H5002 utterance |
| the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
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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