KJV: How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
YLT: How hath Sheshach been captured, Yea, caught is the praise of the whole earth, How hath Babylon been for an astonishment among nations.
Darby: How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth seized! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
ASV: How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
| אֵ֚יךְ | Oh how |
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Parse: Interjection Root: אֵיךְ Sense: how? interj. |
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| ! נִלְכְּדָ֣ה | is taken |
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Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person feminine singular Root: לָכַד Sense: to capture, take, seize. |
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| שֵׁשַׁ֔ךְ | Sheshach |
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Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שֵׁשַׁךְ Sense: another name for Babylon apparently taken from the goddess ‘Shach’. |
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| ! וַתִּתָּפֵ֖שׂ | and Oh how is seized |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: תָּפַשׂ Sense: to catch, handle, lay hold, take hold of, seize, wield. |
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| תְּהִלַּ֣ת | the praise |
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Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct Root: תְּהִלָּה Sense: praise, song or hymn of praise. |
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| כָּל־ | of all |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole. |
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| הָאָ֑רֶץ | the earth |
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Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: אֶרֶץ Sense: land, earth. |
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| אֵ֣יךְ | how |
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Parse: Interjection Root: אֵיךְ Sense: how? interj. |
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| הָיְתָ֧ה | has become |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out. |
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| לְשַׁמָּ֛ה | desolate |
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Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular Root: שַׁמָּה Sense: waste, horror, appalment. |
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| בָּבֶ֖ל | Babylon |
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Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: בָּבֶל Sense: Babel or Babylon, the ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates. |
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| ! בַּגּוֹיִֽם | among the nations |
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Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: גֹּוי Sense: nation, people. |
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