Jer 51:31-39 : 31 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.51.31",
"source": "רָ֤ץ לִקְרַאת־רָץ֙ יָר֔וּץ וּמַגִּ֖יד לִקְרַ֣את מַגִּ֑יד לְהַגִּיד֙ לְמֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֔ל כִּֽי־נִלְכְּדָ֥ה עִיר֖וֹ מִקָּצֶֽה׃",
"text": "*Rats liqrat-rats yaruts*, and *maggid liqrat maggid*, to *naggid le-melek Babel* that *nilkedad 'iro miqqatseh*.",
"grammar": {
"*rats*": "participle, Qal active, masculine singular - runner",
"*liqrat-rats*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - to meet runner",
"*yaruts*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he runs",
"*u-maggid*": "conjunction + participle, Hiphil active, masculine singular - and messenger/one who reports",
"*liqrat*": "preposition - to meet",
"*maggid*": "participle, Hiphil active, masculine singular - messenger/one who reports",
"*le-haggid*": "preposition + verb, Hiphil infinitive construct - to tell/report",
"*le-melek*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - to the king of",
"*Babel*": "proper noun - Babylon",
"*ki*": "conjunction - that",
"*nilkedah*": "verb, Niphal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she is captured",
"*'iro*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his city",
"*miqqatseh*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from end/completely"
},
"variants": {
"*rats*": "runner/courier",
"*liqrat*": "to meet/towards",
"*maggid*": "messenger/reporter/herald",
"*naggid*": "tell/report/announce/declare",
"*nilkad*": "be captured/be taken/be seized",
"*miqqatseh*": "from end/from extremity/completely"
}
}
32 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.51.32",
"source": "וְהַמַּעְבָּר֣וֹת נִתְפָּ֔שׂוּ וְאֶת־הָאֲגַמִּ֖ים שָׂרְפ֣וּ בָאֵ֑שׁ וְאַנְשֵׁ֥י הַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה נִבְהָֽלוּ׃ ס",
"text": "And *ha-ma'barot nitpasu*, and *'et-ha-'agammim sarephu ba-'esh*, and *'anshey ha-milchamah nibhalu*.",
"grammar": {
"*we-ha-ma'barot*": "conjunction + article + noun, feminine plural - and the fords/crossings",
"*nitpasu*": "verb, Niphal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they are seized",
"*we-'et*": "conjunction + direct object marker",
"*ha-'agammim*": "article + noun, masculine plural - the marshes/reeds",
"*sarephu*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they burned",
"*ba-'esh*": "preposition + article + noun, feminine singular - with the fire",
"*we-'anshey*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct - and men of",
"*ha-milchamah*": "article + noun, feminine singular - the war/battle",
"*nibhalu*": "verb, Niphal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they are terrified"
},
"variants": {
"*ma'barot*": "fords/crossings/passages",
"*nitpas*": "be seized/be captured",
"*'agammim*": "marshes/reeds/pools",
"*saraph ba-'esh*": "burn with fire",
"*'anshey ha-milchamah*": "men of war/warriors",
"*nibhal*": "be terrified/be dismayed/be alarmed"
}
}
33 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.51.33",
"source": "כִּי֩ כֹ֨ה אָמַ֜ר יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בַּת־בָּבֶ֕ל כְּגֹ֖רֶן עֵ֣ת הִדְרִיכָ֑הּ ע֣וֹד מְעַ֔ט וּבָ֥אָה עֵֽת־הַקָּצִ֖יר לָֽהּ׃",
"text": "For thus *'amar YHWH tseba'ot 'elohey Yisra'el*: *bat-Babel ke-goren 'et hidrikah*; yet *me'at* and shall come *'et-ha-qatsir* for her.",
"grammar": {
"*ki*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*koh*": "adverb - thus/so",
"*'amar*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he says",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - Divine Name",
"*tseba'ot*": "noun, feminine plural - hosts/armies",
"*'elohey*": "noun, masculine plural construct - God of",
"*Yisra'el*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*bat*": "noun, feminine singular construct - daughter of",
"*Babel*": "proper noun - Babylon",
"*ke-goren*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - like a threshing floor",
"*'et*": "noun, feminine singular construct - time of",
"*hidrikah*": "verb, Hiphil infinitive construct + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - its treading/threshing",
"*'od*": "adverb - yet/still",
"*me'at*": "adjective, masculine singular - little/few",
"*u-va'ah*": "conjunction + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - and it comes",
"*'et*": "noun, feminine singular construct - time of",
"*ha-qatsir*": "article + noun, masculine singular - the harvest",
"*lah*": "preposition + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - for her"
},
"variants": {
"*YHWH tseba'ot*": "LORD of hosts/LORD of armies",
"*bat-Babel*": "daughter of Babylon",
"*goren*": "threshing floor/smooth place",
"*hidrik*": "tread down/thresh",
"*me'at*": "little while/short time",
"*'et-ha-qatsir*": "time of harvest/harvest season"
}
}
34 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.51.34",
"source": "אכלנו אֲכָלַ֣נִי הממנו הֲמָמַ֗נִי נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר֮ מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶל֒ הציגנו הִצִּיגַ֙נִי֙ כְּלִ֣י רִ֔יק בלענו בְּלָעַ֙נִי֙ כַּתַּנִּ֔ין מִלָּ֥א כְרֵשׂ֖וֹ מֵֽעֲדָנָ֑י הדיחנו הֱדִיחָֽנִי",
"text": "*ʾăkālanî* *hămāmanî* *Nəbûkadreʾṣṣar* *melek Bābel*, *hiṣṣîganî* *kəlî rîq*, *bəlāʿanî* *kattannîn*, *millēʾ* *kərēśô* from-*ʿădānāy*, *hĕdîḥānî*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾăkālanî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine with 1st singular suffix - he devoured me",
"*hămāmanî*": "verb, Hiphil perfect, 3rd singular masculine with 1st singular suffix - he confused/crushed me",
"*Nəbûkadreʾṣṣar*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Nebuchadnezzar",
"*melek*": "noun, masculine singular construct - king of",
"*Bābel*": "proper noun - Babylon",
"*hiṣṣîganî*": "verb, Hiphil perfect, 3rd singular masculine with 1st singular suffix - he set/placed me",
"*kəlî*": "noun, masculine singular construct - vessel/implement of",
"*rîq*": "adjective, masculine singular - empty",
"*bəlāʿanî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine with 1st singular suffix - he swallowed me",
"*kattannîn*": "preposition כ + definite article ה + noun, masculine singular - like the sea monster/dragon",
"*millēʾ*": "verb, Piel perfect, 3rd singular masculine - he filled",
"*kərēśô*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd singular masculine suffix - his belly/stomach",
"*ʿădānāy*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 1st singular suffix - my delicacies/delights",
"*hĕdîḥānî*": "verb, Hiphil perfect, 3rd singular masculine with 1st singular suffix - he rinsed/washed away me"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾăkālanî*": "devoured me/consumed me/ate me",
"*hămāmanî*": "confused me/crushed me/discomfited me",
"*hiṣṣîganî*": "set me/placed me/positioned me",
"*kəlî rîq*": "empty vessel/worthless implement",
"*bəlāʿanî*": "swallowed me/engulfed me",
"*tannîn*": "sea monster/dragon/serpent",
"*ʿădānāy*": "my delicacies/my delights/my pleasant things",
"*hĕdîḥānî*": "rinsed me away/washed me away/thrust me out"
}
}
35 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.51.35",
"source": "חֲמָסִ֤י וּשְׁאֵרִי֙ עַל־בָּבֶ֔ל תֹּאמַ֖ר יֹשֶׁ֣בֶת צִיּ֑וֹן וְדָמִי֙ אֶל־יֹשְׁבֵ֣י כַשְׂדִּ֔ים תֹּאמַ֖ר יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם",
"text": "*ḥămāsî* and-*šəʾērî* against-*Bābel* *tōʾmar* *yōšebet* *Ṣiyyôn* and-*dāmî* to-*yōšəbê* *Kaśdîm* *tōʾmar* *Yərûšālāim*",
"grammar": {
"*ḥămāsî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st singular suffix - my violence/my wrong",
"*šəʾērî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st singular suffix - my flesh/my remnant",
"*Bābel*": "proper noun - Babylon",
"*tōʾmar*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd singular feminine - she will say",
"*yōšebet*": "participle, Qal feminine singular construct - inhabitant of/dweller of",
"*Ṣiyyôn*": "proper noun - Zion",
"*dāmî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st singular suffix - my blood",
"*yōšəbê*": "participle, Qal masculine plural construct - inhabitants of/dwellers of",
"*Kaśdîm*": "proper noun, masculine plural - Chaldeans",
"*Yərûšālāim*": "proper noun - Jerusalem"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥămāsî*": "my violence/my wrong/my injury",
"*šəʾērî*": "my flesh/my remnant/my body",
"*yōšebet*": "female inhabitant/dweller/resident",
"*Kaśdîm*": "Chaldeans/Babylonians"
}
}
36 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.51.36",
"source": "לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִנְנִי־רָב֙ אֶת־רִיבֵ֔ךְ וְנִקַּמְתִּ֖י אֶת־נִקְמָתֵ֑ךְ וְהַחֲרַבְתִּי֙ אֶת־יַמָּ֔הּ וְהֹבַשְׁתִּ֖י אֶת־מְקוֹרָֽהּ",
"text": "Therefore thus *ʾāmar* *YHWH* behold-me-*rāb* *ʾet*-*rîbēk* and-*niqqamtî* *ʾet*-*niqmātēk* and-*haḥărabtî* *ʾet*-*yammāh* and-*hōbaštî* *ʾet*-*məqôrāh*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾāmar*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - he said/spoke",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh",
"*rāb*": "participle, Qal masculine singular - contending/pleading",
"*rîbēk*": "noun, masculine singular with 2nd feminine singular suffix - your cause/your case",
"*niqqamtî*": "verb, Piel perfect, 1st singular - I will avenge",
"*niqmātēk*": "noun, feminine singular with 2nd feminine singular suffix - your vengeance",
"*haḥărabtî*": "verb, Hiphil perfect, 1st singular - I will dry up/make desolate",
"*yammāh*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her sea",
"*hōbaštî*": "verb, Hiphil perfect, 1st singular - I will make dry/cause to be ashamed",
"*məqôrāh*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her fountain/spring"
},
"variants": {
"*rāb*": "contending/pleading/striving with",
"*rîbēk*": "your cause/your case/your lawsuit",
"*niqqamtî*": "I will avenge/I will take vengeance",
"*haḥărabtî*": "I will dry up/I will make desolate/I will lay waste",
"*məqôrāh*": "her fountain/her spring/her source"
}
}
37 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.51.37",
"source": "וְהָיְתָה֩ בָבֶ֨ל ׀ לְגַלִּ֧ים ׀ מְעוֹן־תַּנִּ֛ים שַׁמָּ֥ה וּשְׁרֵקָ֖ה מֵאֵ֥ין יוֹשֵֽׁב",
"text": "And-*hāyətāh* *Bābel* to-*gallîm* *məʿôn*-*tannîm* *šammāh* and-*šərēqāh* from-*ʾên* *yôšēb*",
"grammar": {
"*hāyətāh*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd singular feminine - she will become/she will be",
"*Bābel*": "proper noun - Babylon",
"*gallîm*": "noun, masculine plural - heaps/ruins",
"*məʿôn*": "noun, masculine singular construct - dwelling place of",
"*tannîm*": "noun, masculine plural - jackals/dragons",
"*šammāh*": "noun, feminine singular - horror/astonishment",
"*šərēqāh*": "noun, feminine singular - hissing/derision",
"*ʾên*": "particle of negation - without/there is not",
"*yôšēb*": "participle, Qal masculine singular - inhabitant/dweller"
},
"variants": {
"*gallîm*": "heaps/ruins/piles",
"*məʿôn*": "dwelling place/habitation/den",
"*tannîm*": "jackals/dragons/serpents",
"*šammāh*": "horror/astonishment/desolation",
"*šərēqāh*": "hissing/derision/scorn"
}
}
38 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.51.38",
"source": "יַחְדָּ֖ו כַּכְּפִרִ֣ים יִשְׁאָ֑גוּ נָעֲר֖וּ כְּגוֹרֵ֥י אֲרָיֽוֹת",
"text": "Together like-the-*kəpirîm* *yišʾāgû* *nāʿărû* like-*gôrê* *ʾărāyôt*",
"grammar": {
"*kəpirîm*": "noun, masculine plural - young lions",
"*yišʾāgû*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd plural - they will roar",
"*nāʿărû*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd plural - they growl/they shake",
"*gôrê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - cubs of",
"*ʾărāyôt*": "noun, masculine plural - lions"
},
"variants": {
"*kəpirîm*": "young lions/lion cubs",
"*yišʾāgû*": "they will roar/they will howl",
"*nāʿărû*": "they growl/they shake/they roar",
"*gôrê*": "cubs/whelps",
"*ʾărāyôt*": "lions/strong ones"
}
}
39 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.51.39",
"source": "בְּחֻמָּ֞ם אָשִׁ֣ית אֶת־מִשְׁתֵּיהֶ֗ם וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּים֙ לְמַ֣עַן יַעֲלֹ֔זוּ וְיָשְׁנ֥וּ שְׁנַת־עוֹלָ֖ם וְלֹ֣א יָקִ֑יצוּ נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָֽה",
"text": "In-*ḥummām* *ʾāšît* *ʾet*-*mištêhem* and-*hiškartîm* so-that *yaʿălōzû* and-*yāšnû* *šənat*-*ʿôlām* and-not *yāqîṣû* *nəʾum* *YHWH*",
"grammar": {
"*ḥummām*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their heat/their excitement",
"*ʾāšît*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 1st singular - I will set/I will prepare",
"*mištêhem*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their feasts/their banquets",
"*hiškartîm*": "verb, Hiphil perfect, 1st singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - I will make them drunk",
"*yaʿălōzû*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd plural - they will rejoice/exult",
"*yāšnû*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd plural - they will sleep",
"*šənat*": "noun, feminine singular construct - sleep of",
"*ʿôlām*": "noun, masculine singular - everlasting/forever/perpetuity",
"*yāqîṣû*": "verb, Hiphil imperfect, 3rd plural - they will awake",
"*nəʾum*": "noun, masculine singular construct - declaration of",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥummām*": "their heat/their excitement/when they are heated",
"*ʾāšît*": "I will set/I will prepare/I will establish",
"*mištêhem*": "their feasts/their banquets/their drinking parties",
"*hiškartîm*": "I will make them drunk/I will intoxicate them",
"*yaʿălōzû*": "they will rejoice/they will exult/they will be jubilant",
"*šənat-ʿôlām*": "perpetual sleep/eternal sleep/sleep of eternity"
}
}