Now Nebuchadrezzar
Nbuwkadne'tstsar (neb-oo-kad-nets-tsar')
Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of Babylon -- Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadrezzar.
king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
of Babylon
Babel (baw-bel')
confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire -- Babel, Babylon.
gave charge
tsavah (tsaw-vaw')
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin -- appoint, (for-)bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
concerning Jeremiah
Yirmyah (yir-meh-yaw')
Jah will rise; Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites -- Jeremiah.
to
yad (yawd)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
Nebuzaradan
Nbuwzaradan (neb-oo-zar-ad-awn')
Nebuzaradan, a Babylonian general -- Nebuzaradan.
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.
saying
'amar (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
