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Jeremiah 40:1

הַדָּבָ֞ר
dâbâr
the — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
הָיָ֤ה
hâyâh
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
אֶֽל
ʼêl
near, with or among; often in general, to
יִרְמְיָ֨הוּ֙
Yirmᵉyâh
Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites
מֵאֵ֣ת
ʼêth
from — properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.
יְהוָ֔ה
Yᵉhôvâh
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
אַחַ֣ר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
שַׁלַּ֣ח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
אֹת֗וֹ
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֛ן
Nᵉbûwzarʼădân
Nebuzaradan, a Babylonian general
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
טַבָּחִ֖ים
ṭabbâch
properly, a butcher; hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner); also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food)
מִן
min
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
הָֽרָמָ֑ה
Râmâh
the — Ramah, the name of four places in Palestine
בְּקַחְתּ֣וֹ
lâqach
in/with/by — to take (in the widest variety of applications)
אֹת֗וֹ
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
וְהֽוּא
hûwʼ
and — he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
אָס֤וּר
ʼâçar
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
בָּֽאזִקִּים֙
ʼăziqqîym
in/with/by — manacles
בְּת֨וֹךְ
tâvek
in/with/by — a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
כָּל
kôl
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
גָּל֤וּת
gâlûwth
captivity; concretely, exiles (collectively)
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
וִֽיהוּדָ֔ה
Yᵉhûwdâh
and — Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
הַמֻּגְלִ֖ים
gâlâh
the — to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
בָּבֶֽלָה
Bâbel
Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
Jeremiah 40:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord after Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard had released him from Ramah, when he had taken him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being taken as exiles to Babylon.
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This chapter opens the book's final narrative stretch (ch.40-45), tracing what happened to the small remnant left in Judah after Jerusalem's destruction.

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The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord after Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard had released him from Ramah, when he had taken him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being taken as exiles to Babylon.
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