How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
How is Sheſhach taken? and how is the praiſe of the whole earth ſurpriſed? how is Babylon become an aſtoniſhment among the nations?
אֵיךְ , interjection, interrogative adverb, ʾeykh — how? (value 31)
H349,
אֵיךְ ʼêyk, ake; also אֵיכָה ʼêykâh ; and אֵיכָכָה ʼêykâkâh ; prolonged from H335; how? or how!; also where:—how, what.interrogative adverb
how?
interjection
how! (in lamentation)
expression of satisfaction
Used in 74 Verses, 25 Books 82  Occurrence Count
אֶרֶץ , feminine noun, ʾeretz — earth, land (value 291)
H776,
אֶרֶץ ʼerets, eh'-rets; from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land):—× common, country, earth, field, ground, land, × natins, way, + wilderness, world.land, earth
earth
whole earth (as opposed to a part)
earth (as opposed to heaven)
earth (inhabitants)
land
country, territory
district, region
tribal territory
piece of ground
land of Canaan, Israel
inhabitants of land
Sheol, land without return, (under) world
city (-state)
ground, surface of the earth
ground
soil
(in phrases)
people of the land
space or distance of country (in measurements of distance)
level or plain country
land of the living
end(s) of the earth
(almost wholly late in usage)
lands, countries
often in contrast to Canaan
Used in 2190 Verses, 39 Books 2498  Occurrence Count
בָּבֶל , proper locative noun, bavel — an E. Mediterranean empire and its capital city (value 34)
H894,
בָּבֶל Bâbel, baw-bel'; from H1101; confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire:—Babel, Babylon.Babel or Babylon = "confusion (by mixing)"
Babel or Babylon, the ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates
Used in 233 Verses, 14 Books 259  Occurrence Count
גּוֹי , masculine noun, proper masculine noun, goy — nation, people (value 19)
H1471,
גּוֹי gôwy, go'-ee; rarely (shortened) גֹּי gôy; apparently from the same root as H1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:—Gentile, heathen, nation, people.masculine noun
nation, people
nation, people
usually of non-Hebrew people
of descendants of Abraham
of Israel
of swarm of locusts, other animals (fig.)
proper masculine noun
Goyim? = "nations"
Used in 511 Verses, 34 Books 558  Occurrence Count
הָיָה , verb, haya — to fall out, come to pass, become, be (value 20)
H1961,
הָיָה hâyâh, haw-yaw; a primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary):—beacon, × altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, follow, happen, × have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, × use.to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
(Qal)
—
to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
to come about, come to pass
to come into being, become
to arise, appear, come
to become
to become
to become like
to be instituted, be established
to be
to exist, be in existence
to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
to accompany, be with
(Niphal)
to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
to be done, be finished, be gone
Used in 3131 Verses, 39 Books 3543  Occurrence Count
כֹּל , masculine noun, kol — the whole, all (value 50)
H3605,
כֹּל kôl, kole; or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל kôwl; from H3634; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense):—(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).all, the whole
all, the whole of
any, each, every, anything
totality, everything
Used in 4241 Verses, 39 Books 5408  Occurrence Count
לָכַד , verb, lakhad — to capture, seize, take (value 54)
H3920,
לָכַד lâkad, law-kad'; a primitive root; to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere:—× at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.to capture, take, seize
(Qal)
to capture, seize
to capture (of men) (fig.)
to take (by lot)
(Niphal)
to be captured
to be caught (of men in trap, snare) (fig.)
(Hithpael) to grasp each other
Used in 112 Verses, 22 Books 121  Occurrence Count
שַׁמָּה , feminine noun, shamma — waste, horror (value 345)
H8047,
שַׁמָּה shammâh, sham-maw'; from H8074; ruin; by implication, consternation:—astonishment, desolate(-ion), waste, wonderful thing.waste, horror, appalment
a waste (of land, city, etc)
appalment, horror
Used in 39 Verses, 12 Books 40  Occurrence Count
שֵׁשַׁךְ , proper locative noun, sheyshakh — a name for Bab (value 620)
H8347,
שֵׁשַׁךְ Shêshak, shay-shak'; of foreign derivation; Sheshak, a symbolic name of Babylon:—Sheshach.Sheshach = "thy fine linen"
another name for Babylon apparently taken from the goddess 'Shach'
Used in 2 Verses, 1 Book 2  Occurrence Count
תְּהִלָּה , feminine noun, təhilla — praise, song of praise (value 440)
H8416,
תְּהִלָּה tehillâh, teh-hil-law'; from H1984; laudation; specifically (concretely) a hymn:—praise.praise, song or hymn of praise
praise, adoration, thanksgiving (paid to God)
act of general or public praise
praise-song (as title)
praise (demanded by qualities or deeds or attributes of God)
renown, fame, glory
of Damascus, God
object of praise, possessor of renown (fig)
Used in 57 Verses, 10 Books 57  Occurrence Count
תָּפַשׂ , verb, tafas — to lay hold of, wield (value 780)
H8610,
תָּפַשׂ tâphas, taw-fas'; a primitive root; to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably:—catch, handle, (lay, take) hold (on, over), stop, × surely, surprise, take.to catch, handle, lay hold, take hold of, seize, wield
(Qal)
to lay hold of, seize, arrest, catch
to grasp (in order to) wield, wield, use skilfully
(Niphal) to be seized, be arrested, be caught, be taken, captured
(Piel) to catch, grasp (with the hands)
Used in 60 Verses, 15 Books 64  Occurrence Count
| Jeremiah 51:41Modern KJV—Authorized Version |
| How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations! |
| Original Text (WLC) |
| אֵ֚יךְ נִלְכְּדָ֣ה שֵׁשַׁ֔ךְ וַתִּתָּפֵ֖שׂ תְּהִלַּ֣ת כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ אֵ֣יךְ הָיְתָ֧ה לְשַׁמָּ֛ה בָּבֶ֖ל בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃ |
| Verse #20254 (Ch. #796) — 12 words, 45 lettersText Copied! |
| Data from Strong's Concordance |
| KJV |
Strong's # |
Hebrew |
Value |
| How is Sheshach |
H8347sheyshakh |
שֵׁשַׁךְ |
620 |
| taken! |
H3920lakhad |
לָכַד |
54 |
| and how is the praise |
H8416təhilla |
תְּהִלָּה |
440 |
| of the whole earth |
H776ʾeretz |
אֶרֶץ |
291 |
| surprised! |
H8610tafas |
תָּפַשׂ |
780 |
| how is Babylon |
H894bavel |
בָּבֶל |
34 |
| become an astonishment |
H8047shamma |
שַׁמָּה |
345 |
| among the nations! |
H1471goy |
גּוֹי |
19 |
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