Study it in the app““And you, son of man, set for yourself two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to come; from one land the two of them will go out; and carve a signpost, at the head of the road to the city carve it.”
“And you,וְאַתָּהsonבֶןof man,אָדָםsetשִׂיםfor yourselfלְךָtwoשְׁנַיִםroadsדְּרָכִיםfor the swordחֶרֶבof the kingמֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלto come;לָבוֹאfrom oneמֵ אֶחָדlandאֶרֶץthe two of themשְׁנֵיהֶםwill go out;יֵצְאוּand carveוְ בָּרֵאa signpost,יָדat the headבְּרֹאשׁof the roadדֶּרֶךְto the cityעִירcarve it.בָּרֵא
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “ven” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sim” appearstwo
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appearsroad
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derachim” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vo” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetsu” appearsclear ground
To fell trees, open up a forest.
Where else “bare” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appearshead
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears“Signpost”: literally “a hand,” the post that points out the way.
Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
18And the word of YHWH came to me, saying,
19 · This verse (above)
20A road you will set for the sword to come to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem, the fortified.
