Jeremiah 40:2
King James Version
12 Jun 2026
“And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The Lord thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.”
טַבָּח
properly, a butcher; hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner); also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food)
יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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דָבַר
he spoke
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דָבַר
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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רַב
the chief of
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רַב
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
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