Jeremiah 37:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans that were besieging Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they brake up from Jerusalem.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְחֵ֥יל פַּרְעֹ֖ה יָצָ֣א מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם וַיִּשְׁמְע֨וּ הַכַּשְׂדִּ֜ים הַצָּרִ֤ים עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ אֶת־שִׁמְעָ֔ם וַיֵּ֣עָל֔וּ מֵעַ֖ל יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃ פ

Transliteration

And-ḥêl Parʿōh yāṣāʾ from-Miṣrayim and-wayyišməʿû the-Kaśdîm the-ṣārîm on-Yərûšālaim ʾet-šimʿām and-wayyēʿālû from-on Yərûšālāʾim.

Grammar Details

*ḥêl*: masculine singular construct - army of
*Parʿōh*: proper noun - Pharaoh
*yāṣāʾ*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - went out/marched out
*Miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
*wayyišməʿû*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they heard
*Kaśdîm*: proper noun with definite article - the Chaldeans
*ṣārîm*: Qal participle masculine plural with definite article - the ones besieging
*Yərûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
*ʾet*-*šimʿām*: direct object marker + masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their report
*wayyēʿālû*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they went up/withdrew
פ: paragraph marker

Word Meanings

*ṣārîm*: besieging/encamping against
*šimʿām*: report of them/news about them
*wayyēʿālû* from-on: withdrew from/went up from

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 17:15 : 15 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? shall he break the covenant, and yet escape?
Jer 37:11 : 11 And it came to pass that, when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,
2 Kgs 24:7 : 7 And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land; for the king of Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt unto the river Euphrates, all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
Jer 34:21 : 21 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, that are gone away from you.
Jer 37:7 : 7 Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of me: Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.

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