Hebrew Interlinear

Jeremiah 50:9 Interlinear

For lo I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly nations of great country from the north and they shall set themselves in array against her from thence she shall be taken their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man none shall return in vain

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1כִּ֣יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2הִנֵּ֣הH2009lo!
3אָנֹכִ֡יH595i
4מֵעִיר֩H5782For lo I will raiseto wake (literally or figuratively)
5וּמַעֲלֶ֨הH5927and cause to come upto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
6עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
7בָּבֶ֜לH894against Babylonbabel (i.e., babylon), including babylonia and the babylonian empire
8קְהַלH6951an assemblyassemblage (usually concretely)
9גּוֹיִ֤םH1471nationsa foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
10גְּדֹלִים֙H1419of greatgreat (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
11מֵאֶ֣רֶץH776countrythe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
12צָפ֔וֹןH6828from the northproperly, hidden, i.e., dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown)
13וְעָ֣רְכוּH6186and they shall set themselves in arrayto set in a row, i.e., arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
14לָ֔הּH0
15מִשָּׁ֖םH8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
16תִּלָּכֵ֑דH3920against her from thence she shall be takento catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
17חִצָּיו֙H2671their arrowsproperly, a piercer, i.e., an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of god) thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear
18כְּגִבּ֣וֹרH1368shall be as of a mightypowerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
19מַשְׁכִּ֔ילH7919expert manto be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent
20לֹ֥אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
21יָשׁ֖וּבH7725none shall returnto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
22רֵיקָֽם׃H7387in vainemptily; figuratively (objective) ineffectually, (subjective) undeservedly

Verse Context

Jeremiah 50:8Remove out of the midst of Babylon out of the land of the Chaldeans and go forth...
Jeremiah 50:9 (current) For lo I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly nations of great country from the north and they shall set themselves in array against her from thence she shall be taken their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man none shall return in vain
Jeremiah 50:10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil all that spoil her shall be satisfied...

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