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Jeremiah 40:7

When all the commanders and men of the armies in the field heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in charge of the men, women, and children who were the poorest of the land and had not been exiled to Babylon,

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ASV

Now when all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poorest of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;

KJV

Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ֩vai.yish.me.'Uand they heardH8085
כָל־khol-allH3605
שָׂרֵ֨יsa.Rei[the] commanders ofH8269
הַחֲיָלִ֜יםha.cha.ya.Limthe armiesH2428
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
בַּשָּׂדֶ֗הba.sa.Deh[were] in the open countryH7704
הֵ֚מָּהHe.mahtheyH1992
וְאַנְשֵׁיהֶ֔םve.'an.shei.Hemand men theirH582
כִּֽי־ki-thatH3588
הִפְקִ֧ידhif.Kidhe had appointedH6485
מֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
בָּבֶ֛לba.VelBabylonH894
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
גְּדַלְיָ֥הוּge.dal.Ya.huGedaliahH1436
בֶן־ven-[the] son ofH1121
אֲחִיקָ֖ם'a.chi.KamAhikamH296
בָּאָ֑רֶץba.'A.retzover the landH776
וְכִ֣י׀ve.Khiand thatH3588
הִפְקִ֣ידhif.Kidhe had appointedH6485
אִתּ֗וֹ'i.Towith himH854
אֲנָשִׁ֤ים'a.na.ShimmenH582
וְנָשִׁים֙ve.na.Shimand womenH802
וָטָ֔ףva.Tafand little one[s]H2945
וּמִדַּלַּ֣תu.mi.da.Latand some of [the] poor people ofH1803
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
מֵאֲשֶׁ֥רme.'a.Sherfrom [those] whoH834
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808
הָגְל֖וּha.ge.Luthey had been taken into exileH1540
בָּבֶֽלָה׃ba.Ve.lahBabylon towardsH894

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About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain