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Jeremiah 49:38

And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD.

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וְשַׂמְתִּ֥יvesamtiand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and put”, a completed action in a sequenceH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…כִסְאִ֖יkhisithroneכִּסֵּאnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “throne”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3678properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)seat, stool, throne.בְּעֵילָ֑םbeeylamin Elamעֵילָםpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Elam”H5867Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six IsraelitesElam.וְהַאֲבַדְתִּ֥יvehaavadtiand destroyאָבַדconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and destroy”, a completed action in a sequenceH6properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.מִשָּׁ֛םmishamfrom thereשָׁםpreposition, adverb — “from there”H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thencein it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.מֶ֥לֶךְmelekhkingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.וְשָׂרִ֖יםvesarimand captainשַׂרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and captain”, the ordinary formH8269a head person (of any rank or class)captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.נְאֻםneumsaidנְאֻםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “said”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5002an oracle(hath) said, saith.יְהוָֽהyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And I will set My throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence king and princes, saith the LORD.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence king and princes, saith Jehovah.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I have set My throne in Elam, And I have destroyed thence King and princes — an affirmation of Jehovah.

World English Bible

I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from there king and princes,’ says Yahweh.

Darby Translation

And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence king and princes, saith Jehovah.

Douay-Rheims

And I will set my throne in Elam, and destroy kings and princes from thence, saith the Lord.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)