The Meaning of Jeremiah 39:2 Explained

Jeremiah 39:2

KJV: And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.

YLT: in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, in the ninth of the month, hath the city been broken up;

Darby: In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, the city was broken into;

ASV: in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city,)

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[And] in the eleventh  year  of Zedekiah,  in the fourth  month,  the ninth  [day] of the month,  the city  was broken up. 

What does Jeremiah 39:2 Mean?

Study Notes

fourth month
i.e. July.

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 39

1  Jerusalem is taken
4  Zedekiah is made blind and sent to Babylon
8  The city laid in ruins,
9  and the people captivated
11  Nebuchadrezzar's charge for the good usage of Jeremiah
15  God's promise to Ebed Melech

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 39:2 mean?

In one [and] ten the year of Zedekiah in month the fourth on [day] nine of the month was penetrated the city
בְּעַשְׁתֵּֽי־ עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה שָׁנָה֙ לְצִדְקִיָּ֔הוּ בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ הָרְבִיעִ֖י בְּתִשְׁעָ֣ה לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ הָבְקְעָ֖ה הָעִֽיר

בְּעַשְׁתֵּֽי־  In  one 
Parse: Preposition-b, Number, common singular construct
Root: עַשְׁתֵּי  
Sense: one, eleven, eleventh.
עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה  [and]  ten 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: עָשָׂר 
Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).
שָׁנָה֙  the  year 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
לְצִדְקִיָּ֔הוּ  of  Zedekiah 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: צִדְקִיָּה 
Sense: the last king of Judah renamed from ‘Mattaniah’ by Nebuchadnezzar; son of Josiah by wife Hamutal; placed on the throne by Nebuchadnezzar when he carried his nephew Jehoiakim in captivity.
בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ  in  month 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
הָרְבִיעִ֖י  the  fourth 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular
Root: רְבִיעִי 
Sense: fourth.
בְּתִשְׁעָ֣ה  on  [day]  nine 
Parse: Preposition-b, Number, masculine singular
Root: תֵּשַׁע  
Sense: nine, nonad.
לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ  of  the  month 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
הָבְקְעָ֖ה  was  penetrated 
Parse: Verb, Hofal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: בָּקַע  
Sense: to split, cleave, break open, divide, break through, rip up, break up, tear.
הָעִֽיר  the  city 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.