Jeremiah 22:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

׃22 11 כִּ֣י כֹ֣ה אָֽמַר־יְ֠הוָה אֶל־שַׁלֻּ֨ם בֶּן־יֹאשִׁיָּ֜הוּ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֗ה הַמֹּלֵךְ֙ תַּ֚חַת יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ אָבִ֔יו אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָצָ֖א מִן־הַמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה לֹֽא־יָשׁ֥וּב שָׁ֖ם עֽוֹד׃

Transliteration

For thus ʾāmar-YHWH concerning Šallum son of Yōʾšiyyāhû melek Yᵉhûdāh the mōlēk instead of Yōʾšiyyāhû ʾābîw, who yāṣāʾ from hammāqôm the this: not yāšûb there again.

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *kōh*: adverb - thus, so
• *ʾāmar-YHWH*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular, qal + divine name - YHWH said
• *ʾel-Šallum*: preposition + proper noun - concerning Shallum
• *ben-Yōʾšiyyāhû*: noun, masculine singular construct + proper noun - son of Josiah
• *melek*: noun, masculine singular construct - king of
• *Yᵉhûdāh*: proper noun - Judah
• *ha-mmōlēk*: definite article + participle, masculine singular, qal - the one reigning
• *taḥat*: preposition - instead of/in place of
• *Yōʾšiyyāhû*: proper noun - Josiah
• *ʾābîw*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his father
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who
• *yāṣāʾ*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular, qal - he went out
• *min-ha-mmāqôm*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - from the place
• *ha-zzeh*: definite article + demonstrative, masculine singular - this
• *lōʾ-yāšûb*: negative particle + imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, qal - he will not return
• *šām*: adverb - there
• *ʿôd*: adverb - again/yet/still

Word Meanings

• *mōlēk*: one reigning/ruling/being king
• *yāṣāʾ*: he went out/departed/left
• *māqôm*: place/location/site
• *yāšûb*: he will return/come back

Referenced Verses

• 1 Chr 3:15 : 15 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
• 2 Kgs 23:34 : 34 And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.
• 2 Chr 36:1-4 : 1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. 2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 3 And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
• 2 Kgs 23:31 : 31 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
• 2 Chr 28:12 : 12 Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war,
• 2 Chr 34:22 : 22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe;(now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.