Study it in the app“A third of you will die by pestilence and be consumed by famine in your midst; and a third will fall by the sword all around you; and a third to every wind I will scatter, and a sword I will unsheathe after them.”
A third of youשְׁלִשִׁתֵיךְwill dieיָמוּתוּby pestilenceבַּדֶּבֶרand be consumedיִכְלוּby famineוּבָרָעָבin your midst;בְתוֹכֵךְand a thirdוְהַשְּׁלִשִׁיתwill fallיִפְּלוּby the swordבַּחֶרֶבall around you;סְבִיבוֹתָיִךְand a thirdוְהַשְּׁלִישִׁיתto everyלְכָלwindרוּחַI will scatter,אֱזָרֶהand a swordוְחֶרֶבI will unsheatheאָרִיקafter them.אַחֲרֵיהֶם
third part
One of three equal parts of a whole.
Where else “shelishite” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamutu” appearsplague, pestilence
Pestilence: a disease that kills many in a short time.
Where else “dever” appearsdestroy
To put an end to something, destroy it.
Where else “yichlu” appearsfamine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toche” appearsfall in battle
To die in battle, killed by the enemy.
Where else “yiplu” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appearsaround
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “sevivotayi” appearswind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appearsscatter
To strew people or things about.
Where else “ezare” appearsdraw out
To draw the sword from its sheath, ready to strike.
Where else “arik” appears11Therefore, as I live, declares Adonai YHWH, surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, I too will withdraw, and my eye will not spare, and I too will not show pity.
12 · This verse (above)
13And my anger will be spent, and I will make my fury rest on them, and I will be comforted; and they will know that I, YHWH, have spoken in my jealousy when I have spent my fury on them.
