The Meaning of Jeremiah 51:38 Explained

Jeremiah 51:38

KJV: They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps.

YLT: Together as young lions they roar, They have shaken themselves as lions' whelps.

Darby: They shall roar together like young lions, growl as lions' whelps.

ASV: They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions whelps.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

They shall roar  together  like lions:  they shall yell  as lions'  whelps. 

What does Jeremiah 51:38 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 51

1  The severe judgment of God against Babylon, in revenge of Israel
59  Jeremiah delivers the book of this prophecy to Seraiah, to be cast into Euphrates,
64  in token of the perpetual sinking of Babylon

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 51:38 mean?

Together like lions they shall roar they shall growl like whelps lions'
יַחְדָּ֖ו כַּכְּפִרִ֣ים יִשְׁאָ֑גוּ נָעֲר֖וּ כְּגוֹרֵ֥י אֲרָיֽוֹת

יַחְדָּ֖ו  Together 
Parse: Adverb
Root: יַחַד 
Sense: union, unitedness adv.
כַּכְּפִרִ֣ים  like  lions 
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כְּפִיר 
Sense: young lion.
יִשְׁאָ֑גוּ  they  shall  roar 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁאַג  
Sense: (Qal) to roar.
נָעֲר֖וּ  they  shall  growl 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: נָעַר  
Sense: (Qal) to growl.
כְּגוֹרֵ֥י  like  whelps 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: גֹּור  
Sense: whelp.
אֲרָיֽוֹת  lions' 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֲרִי 
Sense: lion.