The Meaning of Jeremiah 51:32 Explained

Jeremiah 51:32

KJV: And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

YLT: And the passages have been captured, And the reeds they have burnt with fire, And the men of war have been troubled.

Darby: and the passages are seized, and the reedy places are burnt with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

ASV: and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And that the passages  are stopped,  and the reeds  they have burned  with fire,  and the men  of war  are affrighted. 

What does Jeremiah 51:32 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 51:32 mean?

and the passages are blocked and the reeds they have burned with fire and men of the war are terrified -
וְהַמַּעְבָּר֣וֹת נִתְפָּ֔שׂוּ וְאֶת־ הָאֲגַמִּ֖ים שָׂרְפ֣וּ בָאֵ֑שׁ וְאַנְשֵׁ֥י הַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה נִבְהָֽלוּ ס

וְהַמַּעְבָּר֣וֹת  and  the  passages 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: מַעֲבָר 
Sense: ford, pass, passing.
נִתְפָּ֔שׂוּ  are  blocked 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: תָּפַשׂ  
Sense: to catch, handle, lay hold, take hold of, seize, wield.
הָאֲגַמִּ֖ים  the  reeds 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֲגַם 
Sense: pool, troubled pool.
שָׂרְפ֣וּ  they  have  burned 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: שָׂרַף  
Sense: to burn.
בָאֵ֑שׁ  with  fire 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, common singular
Root: אֵשׁ  
Sense: fire.
וְאַנְשֵׁ֥י  and  men 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
הַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה  of  the  war 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִלְחָמָה  
Sense: battle, war.
נִבְהָֽלוּ  are  terrified 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: בָּהַל  
Sense: to disturb, alarm, terrify, hurry, be disturbed, be anxious, be afraid, be hurried, be nervous.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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