Hebrew Interlinear

Jeremiah 50:23 Interlinear

cut asunder and broken How is the hammer of the whole earth become a desolation how is Babylon among the nations

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1אֵ֤יךְH349how? or how!; also where
2נִגְדַּע֙H1438cut asunderto fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything
3וַיִּשָּׁבֵ֔רH7665and brokento burst (literally or figuratively)
4פַּטִּ֖ישׁH6360How is the hammera hammer
5כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
6הָאָ֑רֶץH776of the whole earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
7אֵ֣יךְH349how? or how!; also where
8הָיְתָ֧הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
9לְשַׁמָּ֛הH8047become a desolationruin; by implication, consternation
10בָּבֶ֖לH894how is Babylonbabel (i.e., babylon), including babylonia and the babylonian empire
11בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃H1471among the nationsa foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

Verse Context

Jeremiah 50:22A sound of battle is in the land destruction and of great...
Jeremiah 50:23 (current) cut asunder and broken How is the hammer of the whole earth become a desolation how is Babylon among the nations
Jeremiah 50:24I have laid a snare for thee and thou art also taken O Babylon ...

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