The Meaning of Jeremiah 40:12 Explained

Jeremiah 40:12

KJV: Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.

YLT: and all the Jews from all the places whither they have been driven, turn back and enter the land of Judah, unto Gedaliah, to Mizpah, and they gather wine and summer fruit -- very much.

Darby: and all the Jews returned out of all the places whither they had been driven, and came to the land of Judah to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits in great abundance.

ASV: then all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Even all the Jews  returned out  of all places  whither they were driven,  and came  to the land  of Judah,  to Gedaliah,  unto Mizpah,  and gathered  wine  and summer fruits  very  much. 

What does Jeremiah 40:12 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 40

1  Jeremiah, being set free by Nebuzaradan, goes to Gedaliah
7  The dispersed Jews repair unto him
13  Johanan revealing Ishmael's conspiracy is not believed

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 40:12 mean?

then returned all the Jews out of all places where they had been driven there and came to the land of Judah to Gedaliah at Mizpah and gathered wine and summer fruit in abundance in great -
וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּ כָל־ הַיְּהוּדִ֗ים מִכָּל־ הַמְּקֹמוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִדְּחוּ־ שָׁ֔ם וַיָּבֹ֧אוּ אֶֽרֶץ־ יְהוּדָ֛ה אֶל־ גְּדַלְיָ֖הוּ הַמִּצְפָּ֑תָה וַיַּאַסְפ֛וּ יַ֥יִן וָקַ֖יִץ הַרְבֵּ֥ה מְאֹֽד פ

וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּ  then  returned 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.
הַיְּהוּדִ֗ים  the  Jews 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: יְהוּדִי  
Sense: Jew.
מִכָּל־  out  of  all 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הַמְּקֹמוֹת֙  places 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מָקֹום  
Sense: standing place, place.
אֲשֶׁ֣ר  where 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
נִדְּחוּ־  they  had  been  driven 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: נָדַח 
Sense: to impel, thrust, drive away, banish.
וַיָּבֹ֧אוּ  and  came 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
אֶֽרֶץ־  to  the  land 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
יְהוּדָ֛ה  of  Judah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
גְּדַלְיָ֖הוּ  Gedaliah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: גְּדַלְיָה 
Sense: a son of Jeduthun in the time of David.
הַמִּצְפָּ֑תָה  at  Mizpah 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: מִצְפֶּה  
Sense: a city in the district of the Shephelah or lowlands of Judah.
וַיַּאַסְפ֛וּ  and  gathered 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אָסַף 
Sense: to gather, receive, remove, gather in.
יַ֥יִן  wine 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: יַיִן  
Sense: wine.
וָקַ֖יִץ  and  summer  fruit 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קַיִץ  
Sense: summer, summer-fruit.
הַרְבֵּ֥ה  in  abundance 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Infinitive absolute
Root: הַרְבָּה 
Sense: be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous.
מְאֹֽד  in  great 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מְאֹד  
Sense: exceedingly, much subst.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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