Jeremiah

Jeremiah 52:8

⁸but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
but the army	חֵיל־	ḥêl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2428 strength, efficiency, wealth, army
of the Chaldeans	כַּשְׂדִּים֙	kaś·dîm	Noun - proper - masculine plural	H3778 Chaldean
pursued	וַיִּרְדְּפ֤וּ	way·yir·də·p̄ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7291 pursue, chase, persecute
the king	הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
and overtook	וַיַּשִּׂ֥יגוּ	way·yaś·śî·ḡū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5381 reach, overtake
Zedekiah	צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ	ṣiḏ·qî·yā·hū	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6667 Tsidkijah
in the plains	בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣ת	bə·‘ar·ḇōṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural construct	H6160 desert-plain, steppe
of Jericho	יְרֵח֑וֹ	yə·rê·ḥōw	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3405 Jericho
and his whole	וְכָל־	wə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
army	חֵיל֔וֹ	ḥê·lōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H2428 strength, efficiency, wealth, army
deserted	נָפֹ֖צוּ	nā·p̄ō·ṣū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H6327 be dispersed, scattered
him	מֵעָלָֽיו׃	mê·‘ā·lāw	Preposition-m; third person masculine singular	H5921 height

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.