Evil Merodach = "man of Merodach"

1. son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Neo-Babylonian empire, 562-560 BC

sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

Babel or Babylon = "confusion (by mixing)"

1. Babel or Babylon, the ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates

house

1. house, dwelling habitation

2. shelter or abode of animals

3. human bodies (fig.)

4. of Sheol

5. of abode of light and darkness

6. of land of Ephraim

place

receptacle

home, house as containing a family

household, family

1. those belonging to the same household

2. family of descendants, descendants as organized body

household affairs

inwards (metaph.)

(TWOT) temple

on the inside

within

exile, exiles

(TWOT) captivity

to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out

1. (Qal)

   1. —

      1. to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass

      2. to come about, come to pass

   2. to come into being, become

      1. to arise, appear, come

      2. to become

         1. to become

         2. to become like

         3. to be instituted, be established

   3. to be

      1. to exist, be in existence

      2. to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)

      3. to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)

      4. to accompany, be with

2. (Niphal)

   1. to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about

   2. to be done, be finished, be gone

the new moon, month, monthly

1. the first day of the month

2. the lunar month

Judah = "praised"

1. the son of Jacob by Leah

2. the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob

3. the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah

4. the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon

5. a Levite in Ezra's time

6. an overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

7. a Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah

8. a priest in the time of Nehemiah

Jehoiachin = "Jehovah establishes"

1. king of Judah, son of Jehoiakim, and the next to last king of Judah before the Babylonian captivity; kingship lasted for 3 months and 10 days before he surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar who took him to Babylon and imprisoned him for 36 years when he was finally released

imprisonment, confinement, restraint

to be or become king or queen, reign

1. (Qal) to be or become king or queen, reign

2. (Hiphil) to make one king or queen, cause to reign

3. (Hophal) to be made king or queen

to counsel, advise

1. (Niphal) to consider

king

to lift, bear up, carry, take

1. (Qal)

   1. to lift, lift up

   2. to bear, carry, support, sustain, endure

   3. to take, take away, carry off, forgive

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be lifted up, be exalted

   2. to lift oneself up, rise up

   3. to be borne, be carried

   4. to be taken away, be carried off, be swept away

3. (Piel)

   1. to lift up, exalt, support, aid, assist

   2. to desire, long (fig.)

   3. to carry, bear continuously

   4. to take, take away

4. (Hithpael) to lift oneself up, exalt oneself

5. (Hiphil)

   1. to cause one to bear (iniquity)

   2. to cause to bring, have brought

ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers)

1. used only in combination to make the numbers 11-19

twenty, twentieth

head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning

1. head (of man, animals)

2. top, tip (of mountain)

3. height (of stars)

4. chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest)

5. head, front, beginning

6. chief, choicest, best

7. head, division, company, band

8. sum

seven (cardinal number)

1. as ordinal number

2. in combination - 17, 700 etc

thirty, thirtieth

year

1. as division of time

2. as measure of time

3. as indication of age

4. a lifetime (of years of life)

two

1. two (the cardinal number)

   1. two, both, double, twice

2. second (the ordinal number)

3. in combination with other numbers

4. both (a dual number)