Jeremiah 40:7
Old Testament • 24 words with Strong's data
"Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
שַׂר
sar
a head person (of any rank or class)
חַיִל
chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
בָּבֶל
Bâbel
Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
גְּדַּלְיָה
Gᵉdalyâh
Gedaljah, the name 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 ...
פֶּחָה
pechâh
a prefect (of a city or small district)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
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 ...
עָנִי
ʻânîy
depressed, in mind or circumstances
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
גָּלָה
gâlâh
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
בָּבֶל
Bâbel
Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
Key Terms in This Verse
חַיִל chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
Study H2428 →גָּלָה gâlâh
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
Study H1540 →עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →Cross References
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the ...
All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel.
And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, by the gate betwix...
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