Jeremiah 39:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he gave judgment upon him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּרְדְּפ֨וּ חֵיל־כַּשְׂדִּ֜ים אַחֲרֵיהֶ֗ם וַיַּשִּׂ֣גוּ אֶת־צִדְקִיָּהוּ֮ בְּעַֽרְב֣וֹת יְרֵחוֹ֒ וַיִּקְח֣וּ אֹת֗וֹ וַֽ֠יַּעֲלֻהוּ אֶל־נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֧ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֛ל רִבְלָ֖תָה בְּאֶ֣רֶץ חֲמָ֑ת וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אִתּ֖וֹ מִשְׁפָּטִֽים׃

Transliteration

And-yirdəpû ḥêl-kaśdîm after-them, and-yaśśîgû ʾet-ṣidqiyyāhû in-ʿarbôt yərēḥô, and-yiqḥû him and-yaʿăluhû to-nəbûkadreʾṣṣar melek-bābel riblātāh in-ʾereṣ ḥămāt, and-yədabbēr with-him mišpāṭîm.

Grammar Details

*yirdəpû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + waw consecutive - and they pursued
*ḥêl*: noun, masculine, singular, construct - army/force of
*kaśdîm*: proper name, masculine, plural - Chaldeans
*yaśśîgû*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + waw consecutive - and they overtook/caught
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ṣidqiyyāhû*: proper name, masculine - Zedekiah
*ʿarbôt*: noun, feminine, plural, construct - plains of
*yərēḥô*: proper name - Jericho
*yiqḥû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + waw consecutive - and they took
*yaʿăluhû*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix + waw consecutive - and they brought him up
*nəbûkadreʾṣṣar*: proper name, masculine - Nebuchadnezzar
*melek*: noun, masculine, singular, construct - king of
*bābel*: proper name - Babylon
*riblātāh*: proper name with directional he - to Riblah
*ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine, singular, construct - land of
*ḥămāt*: proper name - Hamath
*yədabbēr*: verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + waw consecutive - and he spoke
*mišpāṭîm*: noun, masculine, plural - judgments

Word Meanings

*ḥêl*-*kaśdîm*: army of the Chaldeans/Chaldean forces
*yaśśîgû*: overtook/caught/reached/captured
*ʿarbôt*: plains/desert plains/steppes
*yaʿăluhû*: brought him up/took him up/led him up
*mišpāṭîm*: judgments/sentences/legal decisions/punishments

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 23:33 : 33 And Pharaoh-necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
Josh 5:10 : 10 And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal; and they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
Jer 32:4-5 : 4 and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes; 5 and he shall bring Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith Jehovah: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper?
Jer 38:18 : 18 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.
Jer 38:23 : 23 And they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans; and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.
Jer 52:8-9 : 8 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. 9 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he gave judgment upon him.
Jer 52:26-27 : 26 And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. 27 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
Josh 4:13 : 13 about forty thousand ready armed for war passed over before Jehovah unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
Num 13:21 : 21 So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath.
Lam 1:3 : 3 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude; She dwelleth among the nations, she findeth no rest: All her persecutors overtook her within the straits.
Lam 4:20 : 20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Jehovah, was taken in their pits; Of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.
Ezek 17:15-21 : 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? 16 As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. 17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many persons. 18 For he hath despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet hath done all these things; he shall not escape. 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, I will even bring it upon his own head. 20 And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me. 21 And all his fugitives in all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward every wind: and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
Josh 13:5 : 5 and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entrance of Hamath;
Judg 3:3 : 3 [ namely], the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon unto the entrance of Hamath.
2 Sam 8:9 : 9 And when Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,
2 Kgs 17:24 : 24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
2 Kgs 25:6 : 6 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
2 Chr 33:11 : 11 Wherefore Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
Jer 4:12 : 12 a full wind from these shall come for me: now will I also utter judgments against them.

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7Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about;) and they went toward the Arabah.
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