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And I will scatter themוַאֲפִיצֵםlike chaffכְּקַשׁpassing onעוֹבֵרwith the windלְרוּחַof the wilderness.מִדְבָּר
Jeremiah 13:24
Study it in the app“And I will scatter them like chaff passing on with the wind of the wilderness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 13:24, word by word
- And I will scatter themאֲפִיצֵafitse
scatter
To scatter people over many places, as a punishment.
Where else “afitse” appears- like chaffקַשׁkash
stubble
Stubble: the dry remains left in the field after the harvest.
Where else “kash” appears- passing onעוֹבֵרover
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “over” appears- with the windרוּחַruach
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appears- of the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears
The context
23Can the Cushite change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then you also will be able to do good, you who are taught to do evil.
24 · This verse (above)
25This is your lot, the portion of your measures from me, declares YHWH, because you forgot me and trusted in falsehood.