Jeremiah 33:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are broken down [to make a defence] against the mounds and against the sword;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי֩ כֹ֨ה אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עַל־בָּתֵּי֙ הָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֔את וְעַל־בָּתֵּ֖י מַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה הַנְּתֻצִ֕ים אֶל־הַסֹּלְל֖וֹת וְאֶל־הֶחָֽרֶב׃

Transliteration

For thus ʾāmar YHWH ʾĕlōhê yiśrāʾēl concerning bāttê hāʿîr hazzōʾṯ and concerning bāttê malḵê yəhûḏāh hannəṯuṣîm unto hassōləlôṯ and unto heḥāreḇ

Grammar Details

*ʾāmar*: qal perfect 3ms - he said/says
*ʾĕlōhê*: noun mp construct - God of
*bāttê*: noun mp construct - houses of
*hāʿîr*: definite article + noun fs - the city
*hazzōʾṯ*: definite article + demonstrative fs - this
*malḵê*: noun mp construct - kings of
*hannəṯuṣîm*: definite article + niphal participle mp - the ones being torn down
*hassōləlôṯ*: definite article + noun fp - the siege ramps
*heḥāreḇ*: definite article + noun - the sword

Word Meanings

*hannəṯuṣîm*: demolished/torn down/pulled down
*hassōləlôṯ*: siege mounds/ramps/ramparts
*heḥāreḇ*: sword/warfare/destruction

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Referenced Verses

Jer 32:24 : 24 Behold, the mounds, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence; and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.
Ezek 4:2 : 2 and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it round about.
Hab 1:10 : 10 Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a derision unto him; he derideth every stronghold; for he heapeth up dust, and taketh it.
Ezek 21:22 : 22 In his right hand was the divination [for] Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build forts.
Ezek 26:8 : 8 He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field; and he shall make forts against thee, and cast up a mound against thee, and raise up the buckler against thee.

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