What Does Jeremiah 43:6 Mean in the King James?
Even men, and women, and children, and the king’s daughters, and every person that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The list’s “every person” is kol-nephesh, every living self, so age, rank, and displacement do not erase the person inside the count.
THE MEANING
This verse keeps a whole human field in view: men, women, children, royal daughters, Jeremiah, and Baruch all stand within “every person.” That phrase is every living soul, so a people under another’s authority still appear as distinct living selves, not a faceless remainder.
THE ROOT
כָּל־הַנֶּפֶשׁ
kol-hannephesh
GROWS FROM
נפש
n-p-sh
Living self; a person as a living being.
The phrase “every person” is kol-nephesh, the same word Genesis uses for a “living soul.” The list holds each person as a living self, not merely a unit in a group.
ALSO GROWS
nephesh: Living soul; living self.
נֶפֶשׁ
This is the word used in “every person,” gathering the whole group as living selves.
naphash: To be refreshed or recover strength.
נָפַשׁ
The related verb shows the root also describes a self being restored, beyond a person simply being counted.
הִנִּיחַ
hinnîaḥ
GROWS FROM
נוח
n-w-ḥ
To rest, settle, or set down.
The verb translated “left” can also carry the sense of setting or letting someone rest in a place. The people are described as left with Gedaliah, while “every nephesh” keeps each person’s living reality in view.
ALSO GROWS
nûaḥ: To rest or settle.
נוּחַ
This verb shares the root’s sense of being placed into a settled position.
menûḥâ: Rest or a resting place.
מְנוּחָה
The noun makes the root’s idea of rest into a place, echoing the people left in Gedaliah’s care.
THE PATTERN
Scripture names each person as a living self and keeps the whole present within the count.
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.THE THREAD
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.Jeremiah’s “every person” and Genesis’s “living soul” share the root nephesh. Genesis opens the list further: each person counted here is a whole living self.
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