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Jeremiah 49:35

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← Jeremiah 49:34	Jeremiah 49:35 (KJV)	Jeremiah 49:36 →
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,	Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.	And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Thus saith^H559 the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635; Behold, I will break^H7665 the bow^H7198 of Elam^H5867, the chief^H7225 of their might^H1369.

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Original Hebrew

כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות הִנְנִי שֹׁבֵר אֶת־קֶשֶׁת עֵילָם רֵאשִׁית גְּבוּרָתָם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כֹּ֤ה	koh	H3541	HD	thus
אָמַר֙	'a.Mar	H559	HVqp3ms	he says
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
צְבָא֔וֹת	tze.va.'ot	H6635	HNcbpa	of hosts
הִנְ/נִ֥י	hi./Ni	H2005	HTm/Sp1cs	here/ I
שֹׁבֵ֖ר	sho.Ver	H7665	HVqrmsa	(am) about to break
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
קֶ֣שֶׁת	Ke.shet	H7198	HNcfsc	(the) bow of
עֵילָ֑ם	'ei.Lam	H5867	HNp	Elam
רֵאשִׁ֖ית	re.Shit	H7225	HNcfsc	(the) beginning of
גְּבוּרָתָֽ/ם	ge.vu.ra.Ta/m	H1369	HNcfsc/Sp3mp	strength/ their

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H1369 — גְּבוּרָה (gᵉbûwrâh, gheb-oo-raw'): feminine passive participle from the same as גִּבּוֹר; force (literally or figuratively); by implication, valor, victory; force, mastery, might, mighty (act, power), power, strength.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H5867 — עֵילָם (ʻÊylâm, ay-lawm'): or עוֹלָם; (Ezra 10:2; Jeremiah 49:36), probably from עָלַם; hidden, i.e. distant; Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites; Elam.
• H6635 — צָבָא (tsâbâʼ, tsaw-baw'): or (feminine) צְבָאָה; from צָבָא; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship); appointed time, ([phrase]) army, ([phrase]) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
• H7198 — קֶשֶׁת (qesheth, keh'-sheth): from קָשָׁה in the original sense (of קוֹשׁ) of bending; a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris; [idiom] arch(-er), [phrase] arrow, bow(-man, -shot).
• H7225 — רֵאשִׁית (rêʼshîyth, ray-sheeth'): from the same as רֹאשׁ; the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit); beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing.
• H7665 — שָׁבַר (shâbar, shaw-bar'): a primitive root; to burst (literally or figuratively); break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for שָׂבַר).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H2005 — הֵן (hên, hane): a primitive particle; lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if; behold, if, lo, though.
• H3541 — כֹּה (kôh, ko): from the prefix k and הוּא; properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now; also, here, + hitherto, like, on the other side, so (and much), such, on that manner, (on) this (manner, side, way, way and that way), + mean while, yonder.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• break — Psalms 46:9, Isaiah 22:6, Jeremiah 50:14, Jeremiah 50:29, Jeremiah 51:56

Reciprocal references (2): Psalms 18:34, Hosea 1:5

Related Topics

• Nave’s: BOW, PERSIA

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