Jeremiah 51:41 Go deeper
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How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations! (KJV)
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אֵ֚יךְ'eikhhow!
Lemma: אֵיךְ (ekh) · Strong's: H0349A
Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)
Meaning: how?
Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 26:9, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 44:8, Genesis 44:34, Exodus 6:12, Exodus 6:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0349A; TAHOT Jeremiah 51:41 word 1
נִלְכְּדָ֣הnil.ke.Dahit will be captured
Lemma: לָכַד (la.khad) · Strong's: H3920
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVNp3fs)
Meaning: to capture
Used 121 times. Also: Numbers 21:32, Numbers 32:39, Numbers 32:41, Numbers 32:42, Deuteronomy 2:34, Deuteronomy 2:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3920; TAHOT Jeremiah 51:41 word 2
שֵׁשַׁ֔ךְshe.ShakhSheshach
Lemma: שֵׁשַׁךְ (she.shakh) · Strong's: H8347
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Babylon
Used 2 times. Also: Jeremiah 25:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8347; TAHOT Jeremiah 51:41 word 3
וַתִּתָּפֵ֖שׂva.ti.ta.Fesand it has been seized
Lemma: תָּפַשׂ (ta.pha.s) · Strong's: H8610
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVNw3fs)
Meaning: to capture
Used 65 times. Also: Genesis 4:21, Genesis 39:12, Numbers 5:13, Numbers 31:27, Deuteronomy 9:17, Deuteronomy 20:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8610; TAHOT Jeremiah 51:41 word 4
תְּהִלַּ֣תte.hi.Lat[the] praise of
Lemma: תְּהִלָּה (te.hil.lah) · Strong's: H8416
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: praise
Used 56 times. Also: Exodus 15:11, Deuteronomy 10:21, Deuteronomy 26:19, 1 Chronicles 16:35, 2 Chronicles 20:22, Nehemiah 9:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8416; TAHOT Jeremiah 51:41 word 5
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 51:41 word 6
הָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzthe earth
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Jeremiah 51:41 word 7
אֵ֣יךְ'eikhhow!
Lemma: אֵיךְ (ekh) · Strong's: H0349A
Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)
Meaning: how?
Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 26:9, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 44:8, Genesis 44:34, Exodus 6:12, Exodus 6:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0349A; TAHOT Jeremiah 51:41 word 8
הָיְתָ֧הha.ye.Tahit will become
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Jeremiah 51:41 word 9
לְשַׁמָּ֛הle.sha.Mah<into> a horror
Lemma: שַׁמָּה (sham.mah) · Strong's: H8047H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: horror: appalled
Used 17 times. Also: Deuteronomy 28:37, 2 Chronicles 29:8, Jeremiah 5:30, Jeremiah 8:21, Jeremiah 18:16, Jeremiah 19:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8047H; TAHOT Jeremiah 51:41 word 10
בָּבֶ֖לba.VelBabylon
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 51:41 word 11
בַּגּוֹיִֽם\׃ba.go.Yimamong the nations
Lemma: גּוֹי (goy) · Strong's: H1471A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: nation
Used 548 times. Also: Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20, Genesis 10:31, Genesis 10:32, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 15:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1471A; TAHOT Jeremiah 51:41 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| How | → | אֵיךְ H0349A how? |
| Sheshach | → | שֵׁשַׁךְ H8347 Babylon |
| has been captured | → | לָכַד H3920 to capture |
| The praise | → | תְּהִלָּה H8416 praise |
| of all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| the earth | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| has been seized | → | תָּפַשׂ H8610 to capture |
| What | → | אֵיךְ H0349A how? |
| a horror | → | שַׁמָּה H8047H horror: appalled |
| Babylon | → | בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל H0894 Babylon |
| has become | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| among the nations | → | גּוֹי H1471A nation |
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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