Jeremiah

Jeremiah 52:5–6

⁵And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.

⁶By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And the city	הָעִ֖יר	hā·‘îr	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5892 excitement
was kept	וַתָּבֹ֥א	wat·tā·ḇō	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
under siege	בַּמָּצ֑וֹר	bam·mā·ṣō·wr	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4692 siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment
until	עַ֚ד	‘aḏ	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
King	לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ	lam·me·leḵ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
Zedekiah’s	צִדְקִיָּֽהוּ׃	ṣiḏ·qî·yā·hū	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6667 Tsidkijah
eleventh	עַשְׁתֵּ֣י	‘aš·tê	Number - common singular construct	H6249 one
year	שָׁנָ֔ה	šā·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8141 year

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
By the ninth	בְּתִשְׁעָ֣ה	bə·ṯiš·‘āh	Preposition-b; Number - masculine singular	H8672 a nine, nonad
of the fourth	הָֽרְבִיעִי֙	hā·rə·ḇî·‘î	Article; Number - ordinal masculine singular	H7243 fourth
month	בַּחֹ֤דֶשׁ	ba·ḥō·ḏeš	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2320 (newness), new moon, month
the famine	הָרָעָ֖ב	hā·rā·‘āḇ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7458 famine, hunger
in the city	בָּעִ֑יר	bā·‘îr	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5892 excitement
was so severe	וַיֶּחֱזַ֥ק	way·ye·ḥĕ·zaq	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2388 be or grow firm, strong, strengthen
that the people	לְעַ֥ם	lə·‘am	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H5971 people
of the land	הָאָֽרֶץ׃	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
had	הָיָ֥ה	hā·yāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
no	וְלֹא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
food	לֶ֖חֶם	le·ḥem	Noun - masculine singular	H3899 bread, food

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.