Study it in the app“And it will besiege you in all your gates, until your high and fortified walls come down, in which you trust, in all your land; and it will besiege you in all your gates in all your land, which YHWH your Elohim has given you.”
And it will besiegeוְהֵצַרyouלְךָin allבְּכָלyour gates,שְׁעָרֶיךָuntilעַדyour highהַגְּבֹהוֹתand fortifiedוְהַבְּצֻרוֹתwallsחֹמֹתֶיךָcome down,רֶדֶתin whichאֲשֶׁר בָּהֵןyouאַתָּהtrust,בֹּטֵחַin allבְּכָלyour land;אַרְצֶךָand it will besiegeוְהֵצַרyouלְךָin allבְּכָלyour gatesשְׁעָרֶיךָin allבְּכָלyour land,אַרְצְךָwhichאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָhas givenנָתַןyou.לָךְ
distress
To be in a tight spot, or to leave others no way out, like a besieged city.
Where else “hetsar” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “sheare” appearstall
Rising far above the ground: a mountain, a wall, a tree, a horn.
Where else “gevohot” appearsfortify
To surround a city with walls.
Where else “betsurot” appearswall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “chomote” appearsgo down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “redet” appearstrust
To rely on someone, YHWH or man.
Where else “boteach” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artse” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears“Your gates” are the cities: the gate is named for the whole city.
51And it will eat the fruit of your livestock and the fruit of your ground until you are destroyed; it will not leave you grain, new wine, or oil, the offspring of your herds or the young of your flock, until it has made you perish.
52 · This verse (above)
53And you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, whom YHWH your Elohim has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy will distress you.
