Jeremiah 51:7 Go deeper
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Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD’s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. (KJV)
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כּוֹס\־kos-[was] a cup of
Lemma: כּוֹס (kos) · Strong's: H3563A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: cup
Used 30 times. Also: Genesis 40:11, Genesis 40:13, Genesis 40:21, 2 Samuel 12:3, 1 Kings 7:26, 2 Chronicles 4:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3563A; TAHOT Jeremiah 51:7 word 1
זָהָ֤בza.Havgold
Lemma: זָהָב (za.hav) · Strong's: H2091
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: gold
Used 389 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 13:2, Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:35, Genesis 24:53 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2091; TAHOT Jeremiah 51:7 word 2
בָּבֶל֙ba.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 51:7 word 3
בְּיַד\־be.yad-in [the] hand of
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: hand
Used 722 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027G; TAHOT Jeremiah 51:7 word 4
יְהוָ֔הYah.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 51:7 word 5
מְשַׁכֶּ֖רֶתme.sha.Ke.retmaking drunk
Lemma: שָׁכַר (sha.khar) · Strong's: H7937
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVprfsa)
Meaning: be drunk
Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 9:21, Genesis 43:34, Deuteronomy 32:42, 1 Samuel 1:14, 2 Samuel 11:13, Song of Solomon 5:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7937; TAHOT Jeremiah 51:7 word 6
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 51:7 word 7
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 51:7 word 8
מִיֵּינָהּ֙mi.yei.Nahsome of wine its
Lemma: יַ֫יִן (ya.yin) · Strong's: H3196
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: wine
Used 141 times. Also: Genesis 9:21, Genesis 9:24, Genesis 14:18, Genesis 19:32, Genesis 19:33, Genesis 19:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3196; TAHOT Jeremiah 51:7 word 9
שָׁת֣וּsha.Tuthey have drunk
Lemma: שָׁתָה (sha.tah) · Strong's: H8354
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to drink
Used 217 times. Also: Genesis 9:21, Genesis 24:14, Genesis 24:18, Genesis 24:19, Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:44 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8354; TAHOT Jeremiah 51:7 word 10
גוֹיִ֔םgo.Yimnations
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 51:7 word 11
עַל\־'al-there-
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Jeremiah 51:7 word 12
כֵּ֖ןken-fore
Lemma: כֵּן (ken) · Strong's: H3651C
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: so
Used 734 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3651C; TAHOT Jeremiah 51:7 word 13
יִתְהֹלְל֥וּyit.ho.le.Luthey are acting like mad people
Lemma: הָלַל (ha.lal) · Strong's: H1984C
Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVti3mp)
Meaning: to be foolish
Used 10 times. Also: 1 Samuel 21:13, Job 12:17, Psalms 5:5, Psalms 73:3, Psalms 75:4, Isaiah 44:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1984C; TAHOT Jeremiah 51:7 word 14
גוֹיִֽם\׃go.Yimnations
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 51:7 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Babylon | → | בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל H0894 Babylon |
| was a gold | → | זָהָב H2091 gold |
| cup | → | כּוֹס H3563A cup |
| in the hand | → | יָד H3027G hand |
| of the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| making the whole | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| earth | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| drunk | → | שָׁכַר H7937 be drunk |
| The nations | → | גּוֹי H1471A nation |
| drank | → | שָׁתָה H8354 to drink |
| her wine | → | יַ֫יִן H3196 wine |
| therefore | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| . . . | → | כֵּן H3651C so |
| the nations | → | גּוֹי H1471A nation |
| have gone mad | → | הָלַל H1984C to be foolish |
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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