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"
}
}
40 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.51.40",
"source": "אֽוֹרִידֵ֖ם כְּכָרִ֣ים לִטְב֑וֹחַ כְּאֵילִ֖ים עִם־עַתּוּדִֽים",
"text": "*ʾôrîdēm* like-*kārîm* to-*ṭəbôaḥ* like-*ʾêlîm* with-*ʿattûdîm*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾôrîdēm*": "verb, Hiphil imperfect, 1st singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - I will bring them down",
"*kārîm*": "noun, masculine plural - lambs",
"*ṭəbôaḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - slaughter",
"*ʾêlîm*": "noun, masculine plural - rams",
"*ʿattûdîm*": "noun, masculine plural - male goats/he-goats"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾôrîdēm*": "I will bring them down/I will make them descend",
"*kārîm*": "lambs/young sheep",
"*ṭəbôaḥ*": "slaughter/butchering",
"*ʾêlîm*": "rams/male sheep",
"*ʿattûdîm*": "male goats/he-goats/leaders"
}
}
41 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.51.41",
"source": "אֵ֚יךְ נִלְכְּדָ֣ה שֵׁשַׁ֔ךְ וַתִּתָּפֵ֖שׂ תְּהִלַּ֣ת כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ אֵ֣יךְ הָיְתָ֧ה לְשַׁמָּ֛ה בָּבֶ֖ל בַּגּוֹיִֽם",
"text": "How *nilkədāh* *Šēšak* and-*tittāpēś* *təhillat* all-the-*ʾāreṣ* how *hāyətāh* to-*šammāh* *Bābel* among-the-*gôyîm*",
"grammar": {
"*nilkədāh*": "verb, Niphal perfect, 3rd singular feminine - she is captured",
"*Šēšak*": "proper noun - Sheshach (code name for Babylon)",
"*tittāpēś*": "verb, Niphal imperfect, 3rd singular feminine - she is seized",
"*təhillat*": "noun, feminine singular construct - praise of",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - earth/land",
"*hāyətāh*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd singular feminine - she has become",
"*šammāh*": "noun, feminine singular - horror/astonishment",
"*Bābel*": "proper noun - Babylon",
"*gôyîm*": "noun, masculine plural - nations"
},
"variants": {
"*nilkədāh*": "she is captured/she is taken",
"*Šēšak*": "Sheshach (cryptogram for Babylon/code name)",
"*tittāpēś*": "she is seized/she is caught",
"*təhillat*": "praise of/glory of/boast of",
"*šammāh*": "horror/astonishment/desolation"
}
}