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Jeremiah 51:37 Interlinear

“ And Babylon shall become heaps a dwellingplace for dragons an astonishment and an hissing without an inhabitant”

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Jeremiah 51 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְהָיְתָה֩	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2	בָבֶ֨ל׀	H894	And Babylon	babel (i.e., babylon), including babylonia and the babylonian empire
3	לְגַלִּ֧ים׀	H1530	shall become heaps	something rolled, i.e., a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
4	מְעוֹן	H4583	a dwellingplace	an abode, of god (the tabernacle or the temple), men (their home) or animals (their lair); hence, a retreat (asylum)
5	תַּנִּ֛ים	H8577	for dragons	a marine or land monster, i.e., sea-serpent or jackal
6	שַׁמָּ֥ה	H8047	an astonishment	ruin; by implication, consternation
7	וּשְׁרֵקָ֖ה	H8322	and an hissing	a derision
8	מֵאֵ֥ין	H369		a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle
9	יוֹשֵֽׁב׃	H3427	without an inhabitant	properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

Jeremiah 51:37 (current) And Babylon shall become heaps a dwellingplace for dragons an astonishment and an hissing without an inhabitant