Deuteronomy 32:24

“Wasted by hunger, and devoured by burning fever and bitter plague; and the teeth of beasts I will send against them, with the venom of crawling things of the dust.”

Deuteronomy 32:24 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 32:24, word by word

Wastedמְזֵיmeze

exhausted

Exhausted, worn out, without strength.

Where else “meze” appears
by hungerרָעָבraav

famine, hunger

Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.

Where else “raav” appears
and devouredלְחֻמֵיlechume

eat

To eat bread or food; another word written the same.

Where else “lechume” appears
by burning feverרֶשֶׁףreshef

flame, burning fever

Flame, burning fever; also lightning or a live coal.

Where else “reshef” appears
and bitterמְרִירִיmeriri

bitter, poisonous

Bitter, harmful.

Where else “meriri” appears
plagueקֶטֶבketev

destruction, plague

A plague that destroys.

Where else “ketev” appears
and the teethשֶׁןshen

tooth

The hard piece in the mouth used to bite and chew.

Where else “shen” appears
of beastsבְּהֵמוֹתbehemot

beast

Animals in general.

Where else “behemot” appears
I will sendאֲשַׁלַּחashalach

send

To send someone or something.

Where else “ashalach” appears
the venomחֲמַתchamat

venom

The venom of serpents, which burns inside.

Where else “chamat” appears
of crawling thingsזֹחֲלֵיzochale

crawl

To move along the ground, like a snake.

Where else “zochale” appears
of the dustעָפָרafar

dust

Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.

Where else “afar” appears

The context

23I will heap on them evils; my arrows I will spend on them.

24 · This verse (above)

25Outside the sword will bereave, and in the inner rooms terror, both young man and virgin, the nursing child with the man of gray hair.

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