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I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats. (KJV)
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אֽוֹרִידֵ֖ם'o.ri.DemI will bring down them
Lemma: יָרַד (ya.rad) · Strong's: H3381
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhi1cs)
Meaning: to go down
Used 378 times. Also: Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 12:10, Genesis 15:11, Genesis 18:21, Genesis 24:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3381; TAHOT Jeremiah 51:40 word 1
כְּכָרִ֣יםke.kha.Rimlike lambs
Lemma: כַּר (kar) · Strong's: H3733C
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: ram
Used 12 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:14, 1 Samuel 15:9, 2 Kings 3:4, Isaiah 16:1, Isaiah 34:6, Ezekiel 4:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3733C; TAHOT Jeremiah 51:40 word 2
לִטְב֑וֹחַlit.Vo.achto slaughter
Lemma: טָבַח (ta.vach) · Strong's: H2873
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to slaughter
Used 11 times. Also: Genesis 43:16, Exodus 22:1, Deuteronomy 28:31, 1 Samuel 25:11, Psalms 37:14, Proverbs 9:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2873; TAHOT Jeremiah 51:40 word 3
כְּאֵילִ֖יםke.'ei.Limlike rams
Lemma: אַ֫יִל (a.yil) · Strong's: H0352A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: ram
Used 156 times. Also: Genesis 15:9, Genesis 22:13, Genesis 31:38, Genesis 32:14, Exodus 25:5, Exodus 26:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0352A; TAHOT Jeremiah 51:40 word 4
עִם\־'im-with
Lemma: עִם (im) · Strong's: H5973A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: with
Used 980 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5973A; TAHOT Jeremiah 51:40 word 5
עַתּוּדִֽים\׃'a.tu.Dimgoats
Lemma: עַתּוּד (at.tud) · Strong's: H6260
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: goat
Used 29 times. Also: Genesis 31:10, Genesis 31:12, Numbers 7:17, Numbers 7:23, Numbers 7:29, Numbers 7:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6260; TAHOT Jeremiah 51:40 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I will bring them down | → | יָרַד H3381 to go down |
| like lambs | → | כַּר H3733C ram |
| to the slaughter | → | טָבַח H2873 to slaughter |
| like rams | → | אַ֫יִל H0352A ram |
| with | → | עִם H5973A with |
| male goats | → | עַתּוּד H6260 goat |
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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