Study it in the app“The sword is outside, and pestilence and famine inside; whoever is in the field will die by the sword, and whoever is in the city, famine and pestilence will devour him.”
The swordהַחֶרֶבis outside,בַּחוּץand pestilenceוְהַדֶּבֶרand famineוְהָרָעָבinside;מִבָּיִתwhoeverאֲשֶׁרis in the fieldבַּשָּׂדֶהwill dieיָמוּתby the sword,בַּחֶרֶבand whoeverוַאֲשֶׁרis in the city,בָּעִירfamineרָעָבand pestilenceוָדֶבֶרwill devour him.יֹאכֲלֶנּוּ
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appearsoutside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chuts” appearsplague, pestilence
Pestilence: a disease that kills many in a short time.
Where else “dever” appearsfamine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appearsinside
Literally "the house": the inner part of something.
Where else “bayit” appearsfield
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamut” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsdevour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “yochale” appears14They have blown the trumpet and prepared everything, but there is no one going to battle, for my burning anger is upon all her multitude.
15 · This verse (above)
16And those of them who escape will escape, and they will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each for his iniquity.
