My tentאָהֳלִיis devastated,שֻׁדָּדand allוְכָלmy cordsמֵיתָרַיare snapped;נִתָּקוּmy childrenבָּנַיhave gone out from me,יְצָאֻנִיand they are not;וְאֵינָםthere is no oneאֵיןstretching outנֹטֶהmy tentאָהֳלִיanymore,עוֹדor setting upוּמֵקִיםmy curtains.יְרִיעוֹתָי
Jeremiah 10:20
Study it in the app“My tent is devastated, and all my cords are snapped; my children have gone out from me, and they are not; there is no one stretching out my tent anymore, or setting up my curtains.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 10:20, word by word
- My tentאָהֳלִaholi
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “aholi” appears- is devastatedשֻׁדָּדshudad
devastate
To leave a country or city empty and in ruins by force.
Where else “shudad” appears- my cordsמֵיתָרַmetara
cord
The cord that ties a tent or the curtains of the courtyard to their pegs.
Where else “metara” appears- are snappedנִתָּקוּnitaku
tear off, break
Tear off, break by pulling.
Where else “nitaku” appears- my childrenבָּנַbana
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bana” appears- have gone out from meיְצָאֻyetsau
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetsau” appears- stretching outנֹטֶהnote
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “note” appears- or setting upמֵקִיםmekim
establish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “mekim” appears- my curtainsיְרִיעוֹתָyeriota
curtain
Curtain: a large piece of cloth or of goats' hair from which a tent is made.
Where else “yeriota” appears
The context
19Woe to me for my breaking! My wound is incurable. But I said: “Surely this is a sickness, and I must bear it.”
20 · This verse (above)
21For the shepherds have become dull, and YHWH they have not sought; therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.