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← Jeremiah 51 · ← verse 6 · verse 8 →

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)

Hebrew words tap a word

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

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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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