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Jeremiah 6:5

Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

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ק֚וּמוּqumvriseקוּםverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “rise”, a commandH6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)abide, accomplish, [idiom] be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, [idiom] be dim, endure, [idiom] enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, [idiom] but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (u…וְנַעֲלֶ֣הvenaalehand ascend upעָלָהconjunction, verb, qal, cohortative, 1st person, common, plural — “and ascend up”, a determination or requestH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…בַלָּ֔יְלָהvalayelahin nightלַיִלpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in night”, the ordinary formH3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity(mid-)night (season).וְנַשְׁחִ֖יתָהvenashchitahand batterשָׁחַתconjunction, verb, hiphil, cohortative, 1st person, common, plural — “and batter”, a determination or requestH7843to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).אַרְמְנוֹתֶֽיהָarmenoteyhacastleאַרְמוֹןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “castle”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH759a citadel (from its height)castle, palace. Compare H2038 (הַרְמוֹן).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

'Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

Young’s Literal Translation

'Rise, and we go up by night, And we destroy her palaces.'

World English Bible

Arise! Let’s go up by night, and let’s destroy her palaces.”

Darby Translation

Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

Douay-Rheims

Arise, and let us go up in the night, and destroy her houses.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

'Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Rise, and let us go up against her by night, and destroy her foundations.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀνάστητε, καὶ ἀναβῶμεν ἐπʼ αὐτὴν νυκτὶ, καὶ διαφθείρωμεν τὰ θεμέλια αὐτῆς.