Jeremiah
Jeremiah 51:41
41How Sheshachh has been captured!
The praise of all the earth has been seized.
What a horror Babylon has become
among the nations!
Footnotes
- h 51:41 Sheshach is a code name for Babylon.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How | אֵ֚יךְ | ’êḵ | Interjection | H349 How? |
| Sheshach | שֵׁשַׁ֔ךְ | šê·šaḵ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H8347 Sheshak |
| has been captured | נִלְכְּדָ֣ה | nil·kə·ḏāh | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | H3920 capture, seize, take (by lot) |
| The praise | תְּהִלַּ֣ת | tə·hil·laṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H8416 praise, song of praise |
| of all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| the earth | הָאָ֑רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| has been seized | וַתִּתָּפֵ֖שׂ | wat·tit·tā·p̄êś | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | H8610 lay hold of, wield |
| What | אֵ֣יךְ | ’êḵ | Interjection | H349 How? |
| a horror | לְשַׁמָּ֛ה | lə·šam·māh | Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular | H8047 waste, appalment |
| Babylon | בָּבֶ֖ל | bā·ḇel | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H894 Babel, Babylon |
| has become | הָיְתָ֧ה | hā·yə·ṯāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| among the nations | בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃ | bag·gō·w·yim | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural | H1471 nation, people |
Cross-references
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Jeremiah 25:26 · Isaiah 13:19 · Jeremiah 49:25
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.