2 Kings 24:7
The king of Egypt didn’t come out of his land any more; for the king of Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates, all that belonged to the king of Egypt.This verse in the real world
In what words
- פְּרָתPᵉrâthPerath (i.e. Euphrates), a river of the East
- נָהָרnâhâra stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosper
- נַחַלnachala stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a broo
- יָסַףyâçaphto add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
- בָּבֶלBâbelBabel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
- מִצְרַיִםMitsrayimMitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
- לָקַחlâqachto take (in the widest variety of applications)
- יָצָאyâtsâʼto go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figurati
+2 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
What's left of it
- The Babylonian Chronicle on Carchemish, 605 BCFixed dateThe battle Jeremiah uses to date a prophecy is recorded, to the year, in Babylon's own chronicle.