Jeremiah 51:42
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"The seaהַיָּ֑ם
(hai·yam;)
3220: seaof uncertain derivation
has comeעָלָ֥ה
(a·lah)
5927: to go up, ascend, climba prim. root
up overעַל־
(al-)
5921: upon, above, overfrom alah
Babylon;בָּבֶ֖ל
(ba·vel)
894: an E. Mediterranean empire and its capital cityperhaps from balal
She has been engulfedנִכְסָֽתָה׃
(nich·sa·tah.)
3680: to covera prim. root
with its tumultuousבַּהֲמֹ֥ון
(ba·ha·mo·vn)
1995: a sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundancefrom hamah
waves.גַּלָּ֖יו
(gal·lav)
1530: a heap, wave, billowfrom galal


















KJV Lexicon
The sea
yam  (yawm)
from an unused root meaning to roar -- sea (-faring man, (-shore), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
is come up
`alah  (aw-law')
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
upon Babylon
Babel  (baw-bel')
confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire -- Babel, Babylon.
she is covered
kacah  (kaw-saw')
to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy) -- clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm.
with the multitude
hamown  (haw-mone')
a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth -- abundance, company, many, multitude, multiply, noise, riches, rumbling, sounding, store, tumult.
of the waves
gal  (gal)
something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves) -- billow, heap, spring, wave.
thereof
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"The sea has come up over Babylon; She has been engulfed with its tumultuous waves.

King James Bible
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The sea has risen over Babylon; she is covered with its turbulent waves.

International Standard Version
The sea will come up against Babylon, and she will be covered by wave upon wave.

NET Bible
The sea has swept over Babylon. She has been covered by a multitude of its waves.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
What a horrifying sight Babylon will be to the nations! The sea will rise over Babylon, and its roaring waves will cover it.

King James 2000 Bible
The sea has come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
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