Jeremiah 12:9

“Is 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.”

Jeremiah 12:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 12:9, word by word

my inheritanceנַחֲלָתִnachalati

inheritance

Land or goods passed from parents to children.

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a speckledצָבוּעַtsavua

speckled

Colored, speckled, spotted.

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bird of preyעַיִטayit

bird of prey

Bird of prey.

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all aroundסָבִיבsaviv

around

In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.

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Goלְכוּlechu

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

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gatherאִסְפוּisfu

assemble

To bring people together in one place.

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the animalsחַיַּתchayat

beast

Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.

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of the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade

field

The open country: "the beasts of the field".

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bring themהֵתָיוּhetayu

bring

To take something or someone to where another is.

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to devourאָכְלָהachla

fuel

What fire or wild beasts eat up.

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The context

8My inheritance has become to me like a lion in the forest; she has raised against me her voice; therefore I have hated her.

9 · This verse (above)

10Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard; they have trampled my portion; they have made the portion of my delight a wilderness of desolation.

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