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Jeremiah 51:11
“Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H1305 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to clarify (i.e. brighten), examine, select
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- make bright, choice, chosen, cleanse (be clean), clearly, polished, (shew self) pure(-ify), purge (out).
- Grammar
- הָבֵ֣רוּ — verb Hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 18 times in the Hebrew Bible.2 Samuel 22:272 Samuel 22:271 Chronicles 7:401 Chronicles 9:221 Chronicles 16:41
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בָּרַר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.