Jeremiah 40:15
Old Testament • 25 words with Strong's data
"Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
יוֹחָנָן
Yôwchânân
Jochanan, the name of nine Israelites
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
גְּדַּלְיָה
Gᵉdalyâh
Gedaljah, the name of five Israelites
מִצְפָּה
Mitspâh
Mitspah, the name of two places in Palestine
סֵתֶר
çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
פָּלַל
pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
יִשְׁמָעֵאל
Yishmâʻêʼl
Jishmael, the name of Abraham's oldest son, and of five Israelites
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
נְתַנְיָה
Nᵉthanyâh
Nethanjah, the name of four Israelites
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
יְהוּדִי
Yᵉhûwdîy
a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
אָסַף
ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
פּוּץ
pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
שְׁאֵרִית
shᵉʼêrîyth
a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion
יְהוּדָה
Yᵉhûwdâh
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
אָבַד
ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
Key Terms in This Verse
סֵתֶר çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
Study H5643 →יִשְׁמָעֵאל Yishmâʻêʼl
Jishmael, the name of Abraham's oldest son, and of five Israelites
Study H3458 →פּוּץ pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
Study H6327 →Cross References
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