Hebrew Interlinear

Jeremiah 51:41 Interlinear

taken How is Sheshach surprised and how is the praise of the whole earth become an astonishment how is Babylon among the nations

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1אֵ֚יךְH349how? or how!; also where
2נִלְכְּדָ֣הH3920takento catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
3שֵׁשַׁ֔ךְH8347How is Sheshachsheshak, a symbolic name of babylon
4וַתִּתָּפֵ֖שׂH8610surprisedto manipulate, i.e., seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably
5תְּהִלַּ֣תH8416and how is the praiselaudation; specifically (concretely) a hymn
6כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
7הָאָ֑רֶץH776of the whole earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
8אֵ֣יךְH349how? or how!; also where
9הָיְתָ֧הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
10לְשַׁמָּ֛הH8047become an astonishmentruin; by implication, consternation
11בָּבֶ֖לH894how is Babylonbabel (i.e., babylon), including babylonia and the babylonian empire
12בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃H1471among the nationsa foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

Verse Context

Jeremiah 51:40I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter like rams with he goats...
Jeremiah 51:41 (current) taken How is Sheshach surprised and how is the praise of the whole earth become an astonishment how is Babylon among the nations
Jeremiah 51:42is come up upon Babylon The sea with the multitude of the waves...

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