Study it in the app“Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against my people; it is against all the chiefs of Israel. Thrown to the sword they are with my people; therefore strike your thigh.”
Cry outזְעַקand wail,וְהֵילֵלsonבֶּןof man,אָדָםforכִּיitהִיאisהָיתָהagainst my people;בְעַמִּיit isהִיאagainst allבְּכָלthe chiefsנְשִׂיאֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵלThrownמְגוּרֵיto the swordאֶל חֶרֶבthey areהָיוּwith my people;אֶת עַמִּיthereforeלָכֵןstrikeסְפֹקyour thigh.אֶל יָרֵךְ
cry out
To shout for help, above all to YHWH.
Where else “zeak” appearshowl, wail
To howl, to wail: to cry out loud in grief or alarm.
Where else “helel” appearshuman being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “ben” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” appearsAmmi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appearschief
Literally "one lifted up": the leader of a tribe or clan.
Where else “nesie” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearshurl down; give over
To throw, to cast down; to give over to the sword.
Where else “megure” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appearsclap
To smack the palms together in anger, scorn or grief.
Where else “sefok” appearsthigh
The part of the leg near the hip, where the sword is strapped and an oath is sworn.
Where else “yarech” appears11And he gave it to polish, to grasp it with the palm; it is sharpened, the sword, and it is polished, to put it into the hand of the killer.
12 · This verse (above)
13For it is a test; and what if also the scepter that despises will not be? declares Adonai YHWH.’
