Forכִּיa fireאֵשׁhas been kindledקָדְחָהin my anger,בְאַפִּיand it burnsוַתִּיקַדtoעַדthe lowestתַּחְתִּיתSheol;שְׁאוֹלit devoursוַתֹּאכַלthe earthאֶרֶץand its produceוִיבֻלָהּand sets ablazeוַתְּלַהֵטthe foundationsמוֹסְדֵיof the mountains.הָרִים
Deuteronomy 32:22
Study it in the app“For a fire has been kindled in my anger, and it burns to the lowest Sheol; it devours the earth and its produce and sets ablaze the foundations of the mountains.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 32:22, word by word
- a fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- has been kindledקָדְחָהkadcha
be kindled
Be kindled, catch fire.
Where else “kadcha” appears- in my angerאַפִּapi
anger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “api” appears- and it burnsתִּיקַדtikad
burn
To burn and stay alive like a fire that does not go out.
Where else “tikad” appears- the lowestתַּחְתִּיתtachtit
lowest
Lowest, the lower level; the depths.
Where else “tachtit” appears- Sheolשְׁאוֹלsheol
Sheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheol” appears- it devoursתֹּאכַלtochal
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “tochal” appears- the earthאֶרֶץerets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “erets” appears- and its produceיבֻלָyvula
produce
Produce: what the land yields.
Where else “yvula” appears- and sets ablazeתְּלַהֵטtelahet
set ablaze
Set ablaze, set on fire.
Where else “telahet” appears- the foundationsמוֹסְדֵיmosde
foundation
Foundation, the base on which something rests.
Where else “mosde” appears- of the mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears
Translation note
“Sheol” is the Hebrew word for the place of the dead.
The context
21They have provoked me to jealousy with what is not El; they have provoked me to anger with their worthless idols. So I will provoke them to jealousy with what is not a people; with a foolish nation I will provoke them to anger.
22 · This verse (above)
23I will heap on them evils; my arrows I will spend on them.