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Allכָּלyour treesעֵצְךָand the fruitוּפְרִיof your groundאַדְמָתֶךָthe cricketהַצְּלָצַלwill take possession of.יְיָרֵשׁ
Deuteronomy 28:42
Study it in the app“All your trees and the fruit of your ground the cricket will take possession of.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 28:42, word by word
- your treesעֵצְets
tree
A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.
Where else “ets” appears- and the fruitפְרִיferi
fruit
What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.
Where else “feri” appears- of your groundאַדְמָתֶadmate
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “admate” appears- the cricketצְּלָצַלtselatsal
insect
A buzzing creature that destroys the crop.
Where else “tselatsal” appears- will take possession ofיְיָרֵשׁyeyaresh
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “yeyaresh” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew word imitates a buzzing; it names an insect that ravages the crops, though it is not known for certain which.
The context
41Sons and daughters you will father, but they will not be yours, for they will go into captivity.
42 · This verse (above)
43The resident alien who is in your midst will rise above you higher and higher, and you will go down lower and lower.