Jeremiah 51:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and him that rideth therein; and with thee will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces the old man and the youth; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the virgin;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנִפַּצְתִּ֤י בְךָ֙ אִ֣ישׁ וְאִשָּׁ֔ה וְנִפַּצְתִּ֥י בְךָ֖ זָקֵ֣ן וָנָ֑עַר וְנִפַּצְתִּ֣י בְךָ֔ בָּח֖וּר וּבְתוּלָֽה׃

Transliteration

And I shall nippats by you 'ish we-'ishah; and I shall nippats by you zaqen wa-na'ar; and I shall nippats by you bachur u-betulah.

Grammar Details

*we-nippatseti*: conjunction + verb, Piel perfect, 1st person singular - and I will shatter/dash to pieces
*beka*: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - by/with you
*'ish*: noun, masculine singular - man
*we-'ishah*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and woman
*zaqen*: noun, masculine singular - old man/elder
*wa-na'ar*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and young man/youth
*bachur*: noun, masculine singular - young man/choice young man
*u-betulah*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and virgin/maiden

Word Meanings

*'ish*: man/husband/male
*'ishah*: woman/wife/female
*zaqen*: old man/elder/aged one
*na'ar*: youth/young man/boy/servant
*bachur*: young man/choice young man/youth
*betulah*: virgin/maiden/young woman

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 36:17 : 17 Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or virgin, old man or hoary-headed: he gave them all into his hand.
Isa 13:18 : 18 And [their] bows shall dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.
Isa 20:4 : 4 so shall the king of Assyria lead away the captives of Egypt, and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
Jer 6:11 : 11 Therefore I am full of the wrath of Jehovah; I am weary with holding in: pour it out upon the children in the street, and upon the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
Lam 2:11 : 11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my heart is troubled; My liver is poured upon the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, Because the young children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
Ezek 9:6 : 6 slay utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but come not near any man upon whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.
Isa 13:16 : 16 Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.
Deut 32:25 : 25 [Without] [shall the sword] [bereave, And in the chambers] [terror;] [It shall destroy] both young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs.
1 Sam 15:3 : 3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

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