Jeremiah 26:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיּוֹצִ֨יאוּ אֶת־אוּרִיָּ֜הוּ מִמִּצְרַ֗יִם וַיְבִאֻ֙הוּ֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ יְהוֹיָקִ֔ים וַיַּכֵּ֖הוּ בֶּחָ֑רֶב וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ֙ אֶת־נִבְלָת֔וֹ אֶל־קִבְרֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י הָעָֽם׃

Transliteration

And-wayyôṣîʾû ʾeṯ-ʾÛriyyāhû from-Miṣrayim and-wayəḇiʾuhû to-the-meleḵ Yəhôyāqîm and-wayyakkēhû with-the-ḥāreḇ and-wayyašlēḵ ʾeṯ-niḇlāṯô to-qiḇrê bənê the-ʿām.

Grammar Details

*wayyôṣîʾû*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with waw-consecutive - they brought out
*ʾÛriyyāhû*: proper name - Uriah
*Miṣrayim*: proper name - Egypt
*wayəḇiʾuhû*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with waw-consecutive with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - they brought him
*meleḵ*: masculine singular with definite article - the king
*Yəhôyāqîm*: proper name - Jehoiakim
*wayyakkēhû*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with waw-consecutive with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he struck him
*ḥāreḇ*: feminine singular with definite article - the sword
*wayyašlēḵ*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with waw-consecutive - he threw
*niḇlāṯô*: feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular possessive suffix - his corpse
*qiḇrê*: construct state, masculine plural - graves of
*bənê*: construct state, masculine plural - sons of
*ʿām*: masculine singular with definite article - the people

Word Meanings

*yāṣâ*: go out/come out/exit
*bôʾ*: come/enter/arrive
*nāḵâ*: strike/hit/beat/kill
*šālaḵ*: throw/cast/fling
*nəḇēlâ*: corpse/carcass/dead body
*qeḇer*: grave/tomb/burial place
*qiḇrê bənê hāʿām*: graves of the common people - possibly a burial ground for ordinary citizens

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Jer 2:30 : 30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
Jer 22:19 : 19 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
Jer 26:15 : 15 But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.
Jer 36:30 : 30 Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
Ezek 19:6 : 6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
Matt 14:10 : 10 And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
Matt 23:34-35 : 34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
Acts 12:1-3 : 1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. 2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. 3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also .(Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
1 Thess 2:15 : 15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
Rev 11:7 : 7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

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