Jeremiah 26:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and they fetched forth Uriah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king, who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיּוֹצִ֨יאוּ אֶת־אוּרִיָּ֜הוּ מִמִּצְרַ֗יִם וַיְבִאֻ֙הוּ֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ יְהוֹיָקִ֔ים וַיַּכֵּ֖הוּ בֶּחָ֑רֶב וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ֙ אֶת־נִבְלָת֔וֹ אֶל־קִבְרֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י הָעָֽם׃

Transliteration

And-wayyôṣîʾû ʾeṯ-ʾÛriyyāhû from-Miṣrayim and-wayəḇiʾuhû to-the-meleḵ Yəhôyāqîm and-wayyakkēhû with-the-ḥāreḇ and-wayyašlēḵ ʾeṯ-niḇlāṯô to-qiḇrê bənê the-ʿām.

Grammar Details

• *wayyôṣîʾû*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with waw-consecutive - they brought out
• *ʾÛriyyāhû*: proper name - Uriah
• *Miṣrayim*: proper name - Egypt
• *wayəḇiʾuhû*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with waw-consecutive with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - they brought him
• *meleḵ*: masculine singular with definite article - the king
• *Yəhôyāqîm*: proper name - Jehoiakim
• *wayyakkēhû*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with waw-consecutive with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he struck him
• *ḥāreḇ*: feminine singular with definite article - the sword
• *wayyašlēḵ*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with waw-consecutive - he threw
• *niḇlāṯô*: feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular possessive suffix - his corpse
• *qiḇrê*: construct state, masculine plural - graves of
• *bənê*: construct state, masculine plural - sons of
• *ʿām*: masculine singular with definite article - the people

Word Meanings

• *yāṣâ*: go out/come out/exit
• *bôʾ*: come/enter/arrive
• *nāḵâ*: strike/hit/beat/kill
• *šālaḵ*: throw/cast/fling
• *nəḇēlâ*: corpse/carcass/dead body
• *qeḇer*: grave/tomb/burial place
• *qiḇrê bənê hāʿām*: graves of the common people - possibly a burial ground for ordinary citizens

Referenced Verses

• Jer 2:30 : 30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
• Jer 22:19 : 19 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
• Jer 26:15 : 15 Only know ye for certain that, if ye put me to death, ye will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof; for of a truth Jehovah hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.
• Jer 36:30 : 30 Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David; and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
• Ezek 19:6 : 6 And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
• Matt 14:10 : 10 and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.
• Matt 23:34-35 : 34 Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city: 35 that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar.
• Acts 12:1-3 : 1 Now about that time Herod the king put forth his hands to afflict certain of the church. 2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. 3 And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. And [those] were the days of unleavened bread.
• 1 Thess 2:15 : 15 who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and pleased not God, and are contrary to all men;
• Rev 11:7 : 7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that cometh up out of the abyss shall make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them.