Jeremiah
Jeremiah 38:2
2“This is what the LORD says: Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever surrenders to the Chaldeansb will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war, and he will live.
Footnotes
- b 38:2 That is, the Babylonians; also in verses 18, 19, and 23
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This is what | כֹּה֮ | kōh | Adverb | H3541 thus, here |
| the LORD | יְהוָה֒ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| says | אָמַ֣ר | ’ā·mar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Whoever stays | הַיֹּשֵׁב֙ | hay·yō·šêḇ | Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H3427 sit, remain, dwell |
| in this | הַזֹּ֔את | haz·zōṯ | Article; Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| city | בָּעִ֣יר | bā·‘îr | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H5892 excitement |
| will die | יָמ֕וּת | yā·mūṯ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H4191 die |
| by sword | בַּחֶ֖רֶב | ba·ḥe·reḇ | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H2719 sword |
| and famine | בָּרָעָ֣ב | bā·rā·‘āḇ | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7458 famine, hunger |
| and plague | וּבַדָּ֑בֶר | ū·ḇad·dā·ḇer | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H1698 pestilence |
| but whoever surrenders | וְהַיֹּצֵ֤א | wə·hay·yō·ṣê | Conjunctive waw, Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H3318 go or come out |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| the Chaldeans | הַכַּשְׂדִּים֙ | hak·kaś·dîm | Article; Noun - proper - masculine plural | H3778 Chaldean |
| will live | יִחְיֶה | yiḥ·yɛh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H2421 live |
| he will retain | וְהָיְתָה־ | wə·hā·yə·ṯāh- | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| his life | נַפְשׁ֛וֹ | nap̄·šōw | Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| like a spoil of war | לְשָׁלָ֖ל | lə·šā·lāl | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular | H7998 prey, spoil, plunder, booty |
| and he will live | וָחָֽי׃ס | wā·ḥāy | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H2421 live |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Jeremiah 39:18 · Jeremiah 34:17 · Jeremiah 45:5 · Ezekiel 14:21 · Jeremiah 42:17
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.