Jeremiah 40:15
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?”
נֶפֶשׁ
Life, soul, living being. Nephesh. The animating breath God places in every living creature. In animals it is the life force. In humanity it is the seat of emotion, will and identity. Every nephesh belongs to God — from the creatures in the sea to the deepest cry of the human heart.
שְׁאֵרִית
the remnant of
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שְׁאֵרִית
Remnant, that which remains. Sheerith. To preserve you a remnant in the earth. God always preserves a remnant. His purposes are never completely destroyed.
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נָא
please
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נָא
'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
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בֵּן
the son of
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בֵּן
Son. Ben. A son with full rights. You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Full rights. Full access. Full inheritance.
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יָדַע
he will know
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יָדַע
To know, to perceive, to be acquainted with. Yada. The deepest form of knowing. God knows you completely and loves you still.
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יְהוּדָה
Jews
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יְהוּדָה
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
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הָלַךְ
let me go
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הָלַךְ
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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יִשְׁמָעֵאל
Ishmael
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יִשְׁמָעֵאל
Jishmael, the name of Abraham's oldest son, and of five Israelites
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נָכָה
will he strike/ you
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נָכָה
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
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נְתַנְיָה
Nethaniah
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נְתַנְיָה
Nethanjah, the name of four Israelites
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גְּדַּלְיָה
Gedaliah
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גְּדַּלְיָה
Gedaljah, the name of five Israelites
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קָרֵחַ
Kareah
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קָרֵחַ
Kareach, an Israelite
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