Jeremiah 40:2 Lexicon: Now the captain of the bodyguard had taken Jeremiah and said to him, "The LORD your God promised this calamity against this place;

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NASB Lexicon

NASB ©	Hebrew	Strong's	Origin
Now the captain	רַב־ (rav-)	7227b: chief	from rabab
of the bodyguard	טַבָּחִ֖ים (tab·ba·chim)	2876: cook, guardsman	from tabach
had taken	וַיִּקַּ֥ח (vai·yik·kach)	3947: to take	a prim. root
Jeremiah	לְיִרְמְיָ֑הוּ (le·yir·me·ya·hu;)	3414: "Yah loosens," the name of a number of Isr.	from the same as remiyyah and from Yah
and said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (vai·yo·mer)	559: to utter, say	a prim. root
to him, "The LORD	יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)	3068: the proper name of the God of Israel	from havah
your God	אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ (e·lo·hei·cha)	430: God, god	pl. of eloah
promised	דִּבֶּר֙ (dib·ber)	1696: to speak	a prim. root
this		384: "with me is God," an Isr. name	perhaps from eth and el
calamity		7463a: evil, misery, distress, injury	from the same as roa
against	אֵלָ֔יו (e·lav,)	413: to, into, towards	a prim. particle
this	הַזֶּֽה׃ (haz·zeh.)	2088: this, here	a prim. pronoun
place;	הַמָּקֹ֖ום (ham·ma·ko·vm)	4725: a standing place, place	from qum

KJV Lexicon

And the captain
rab (rab)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

of the guard
tabbach (tab-bawkh')
a butcher; hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner); also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food) -- cook, guard.

took
laqach (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)

Jeremiah
Yirmyah (yir-meh-yaw')
Jah will rise; Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites -- Jeremiah.

and said
'amar (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)

unto him The LORD
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.

thy God
'elohiym (el-o-heem')
angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty.

hath pronounced
dabar (daw-bar')
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

this evil
ra` (rah)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).

upon this place
maqowm (maw-kome')
a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)

Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible
Now the captain of the bodyguard had taken Jeremiah and said to him, "The LORD your God promised this calamity against this place;

King James Bible
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, "The LORD your God decreed this disaster on this place,

International Standard Version
The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and told him, "The LORD your God has predicted this disaster on this place.

NET Bible
The captain of the royal guard took Jeremiah aside and said to him, "The LORD your God threatened this place with this disaster.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The captain of the guard took Jeremiah aside and said to him, "The LORD your God threatened to bring this disaster on this place.

King James 2000 Bible
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD your God has pronounced this evil upon this place.

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