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Manyרַבִּיםshepherdsרֹעִיםhave destroyedשִׁחֲתוּmy vineyard;כַרְמִיthey have trampledבֹּסְסוּmy portion;אֶת חֶלְקָתִיthey have madeנָתְנוּthe portionאֶת חֶלְקַתof my delightחֶמְדָּתִיa wildernessלְמִדְבַּרof desolation.שְׁמָמָה
Jeremiah 12:10
Study it in the app“Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard; they have trampled my portion; they have made the portion of my delight a wilderness of desolation.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 12:10, word by word
- Manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- shepherdsרֹעִיםroim
shepherd
One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.
Where else “roim” appears- have destroyedשִׁחֲתוּshichatu
destroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “shichatu” appears- my vineyardכַרְמִcharmi
vineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “charmi” appears- they have trampledבֹּסְסוּbossu
trample
To tread down hard.
Where else “bossu” appears- my portionחֶלְקָתִchelkati
plot
A plot of land belonging to someone.
Where else “chelkati” appears- they have madeנָתְנוּnatnu
make
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “natnu” appears- of my delightחֶמְדָּתִchemdati
delight
What one longs for or loves.
Where else “chemdati” appears- a wildernessמִדְבַּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- of desolationשְׁמָמָהshemama
desolation
Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.
Where else “shemama” appears
The context
9Is my inheritance to me a speckled bird of prey? Are the birds of prey all around against her? Go, gather all the animals of the field, bring them to devour.
10 · This verse (above)
11They have made it a desolation; it mourns before me, desolate; desolate is all the land, for there is no man who takes it to heart.