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Jeremiah 51:41

How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

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אֵ֚יךְeykhhowאֵיךְparticle, interrogative — “how”H349how? or how!; also wherehow, what.נִלְכְּדָ֣הnilkedahcatchלָכַדverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “catch”, a completed actionH3920to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere[idiom] at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.שֵׁשַׁ֔ךְsheshakhSheshachשֵׁשַׁךְnoun, proper name — “Sheshach”H8347Sheshak, a symbolic name of BabylonSheshach.וַתִּתָּפֵ֖שׂvatitafesand catchתָּפַשׂconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and catch”, the next action in the storyH8610to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantablycatch, handle, (lay, take) hold (on, over), stop, [idiom] surely, surprise, take.תְּהִלַּ֣תtehilatpraiseתְּהִלָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “praise”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8416laudation; specifically (concretely) a hymnpraise.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).הָאָ֑רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.אֵ֣יךְeykhhowאֵיךְparticle, interrogative — “how”H349how? or how!; also wherehow, what.הָיְתָ֧הhayetahbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לְשַׁמָּ֛הleshamahto astonishmentשַׁמָּהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to astonishment”, the ordinary formH8047ruin; by implication, consternationastonishment, desolate(-ion), waste, wonderful thing.בָּבֶ֖לbavelBabelבָּבֶלnoun, proper name — “Babel”H894Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empireBabel, Babylon.בַּגּוֹיִֽםbagoyimin Gentileגּוֹיpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

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American Standard Version (1901)

How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

Young’s Literal Translation

How hath Sheshach been captured, Yea, caught is the praise of the whole earth, How hath Babylon been for an astonishment among nations.

World English Bible

“How Sheshach is taken! How the praise of the whole earth is seized! How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations!

Darby Translation

How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth seized! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

Douay-Rheims

How is Sesach taken, and the renowned one of all the earth surprised? How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)