Jeremiah 40:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַדָּבָ֞ר אֲשֶׁר־הָיָ֤ה אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙ מֵאֵ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה אַחַ֣ר ׀ שַׁלַּ֣ח אֹת֗וֹ נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֛ן רַב־טַבָּחִ֖ים מִן־הָֽרָמָ֑ה בְּקַחְתּ֣וֹ אֹת֗וֹ וְהֽוּא־אָס֤וּר בָּֽאזִקִּים֙ בְּת֨וֹךְ כָּל־גָּל֤וּת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ וִֽיהוּדָ֔ה הַמֻּגְלִ֖ים בָּבֶֽלָה׃

Transliteration

The dābār which hāyāh to yirmeyāhû from yhwh after šallaḥ him nəbûzaradān rab-ṭabbāḥîm from the hārāmāh, in qāḥat him and he ʾāsûr in the ʾāziqîm in tôk all gālût yərûšālaim and yəhûdāh the ones being muglîm to bābelāh.

Grammar Details

*dābār*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - word/matter
*hāyāh*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - happened/came
*yirmeyāhû*: proper noun - Jeremiah
*yhwh*: divine name - YHWH/LORD
*šallaḥ*: infinitive construct with suffix - sending away
*nəbûzaradān*: proper noun - Nebuzaradan
*rab-ṭabbāḥîm*: title, construct phrase - chief of guards/executioners
*hārāmāh*: noun with definite article - the Ramah
*qāḥat*: infinitive construct with suffix - to take
*ʾāsûr*: passive participle - bound
*ʾāziqîm*: noun, masculine, plural - chains/fetters
*tôk*: noun, construct state - midst
*gālût*: noun, feminine, singular, construct - exile/captives
*yərûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
*yəhûdāh*: proper noun - Judah
*muglîm*: hophal participle, masculine plural - being exiled
*bābelāh*: proper noun with directional he - to Babylon

Word Meanings

*dābār*: word/speech/matter/thing/command
*hāyāh*: was/became/happened/occurred
*šallaḥ*: sending away/releasing/dismissing
*rab-ṭabbāḥîm*: chief of executioners/slaughterers/bodyguards/cooks
*ʾāsûr*: bound/chained/imprisoned

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Jer 31:15 : 15 Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
Josh 18:25 : 25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
Acts 12:6-7 : 6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison. 7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
Acts 21:13 : 13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Acts 28:20 : 20 For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
Eph 6:20 : 20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
1 Sam 7:17 : 17 And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.
Ps 68:6 : 6 God setteth{H8688)} the solitary in families: he bringeth out{H8688)} those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious{H8802)} dwell{H8804)} in a dry land.
Ps 107:16 : 16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
Jer 39:11-14 : 11 Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying, 12 Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee. 13 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon's princes; 14 Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.

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