Study it in the app“so that the heart may melt and the stumbling blocks may multiply; against all their gates I have set the brandishing of the sword. Ah! It is made for lightning, honed for slaughter.”
so thatלְמַעַןthe heartלֵבmay meltלָמוּגand the stumbling blocksהַמִּכְשֹׁלִיםmay multiply;וְהַרְבֵּהagainst allעַל כָּלtheir gatesשַׁעֲרֵיהֶםI have setנָתַתִּיthe brandishingאִבְחַתof the sword.חָרֶבAh!אָחIt is madeעֲשׂוּיָהfor lightning,לְבָרָקhonedמְעֻטָּהfor slaughter.לְטָבַח
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appearslose heart
To lose courage from fear, to be left without strength.
Where else “mug” appearsstumbling block
A stumbling block: something that makes someone fall; an obstacle.
Where else “michsholim” appearsmultiply
To grow in number.
Where else “harbe” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaare” appearsput
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natati” appearsflashing (sword)
A word found only once; probably the slaughter or the flashing of the sword.
Where else “ivchat” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charev” appearsAh!
"Ah!", a cry of grief or surprise.
Where else “ach” appearsmake
To build or create something.
Where else “asuya” appearsflash
The flash of a sword.
Where else “varak” appearspolished, sharp
Thinned to an edge, sharp; or polished.
Where else “meuta” appearsslaughter
The act of slaughtering, or the place where it is done.
Where else “tavach” appears“The brandishing” (אִבְחָה) appears only here; “honed” (מְעֻטָּה) can also be read “wrapped.”
14And you, son of man, prophesy, and strike palm against palm, and let it be doubled, the sword, a third time, a sword of the slain it is, the sword of the great slain one, that surrounds them,
15 · This verse (above)
16Unite yourself, go right; set yourself, go left; wherever your face is directed.
