BDB4297
לֵב קָמָי probably late Atbash (compare שֵׁשַׁךְ) for כשׂדים the orginal reading ( ᵐ5 ) Jer 51:1 .
Strong's Lexicon
H8347
H8347 — שֵׁשַׁך
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H8347 |
|---|---|
| Word: | שֵׁשַׁך |
| Part of Speech: | Name/l. |
| Etymology: | of foreign derivation |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | Sheshak |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | shay-shak' |
| Meaning: | 1. Sheshak, a symbol. name of Babylon |
| KJV Renderings: | Sheshach. |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB9068
שֵׁשַׁךְ proper name [of a territory] = בָּבֶל (Jerome Rabb and modern; by Atbaš (׳ בש ׳ את), i.e. disguising name by substituting last letter of alphabet for first, next last for second, etc., compare Thes); — Jer 51:41 and hence (perhaps gloss) Jer 25:26 (see Gie).
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke