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And I winnowed themוָאֶזְרֵםwith a winnowing forkבְּמִזְרֶהin the gatesבְּשַׁעֲרֵיof the land;הָאָרֶץI bereaved them,שִׁכַּלְתִּיI destroyedאִבַּדְתִּיmy people;אֶת עַמִּיfrom their waysמִדַּרְכֵיהֶםthey did notלוֹאturn back.שָׁבוּ
Jeremiah 15:7
Study it in the app“And I winnowed them with a winnowing fork in the gates of the land; I bereaved them, I destroyed my people; from their ways they did not turn back.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 15:7, word by word
- And I winnowed themאֶזְרֵezre
winnow
To toss grain in the air to remove the chaff.
Where else “ezre” appears- with a winnowing forkמִזְרֶהmizre
winnowing shovel
A winnowing shovel, a tool for tossing grain in the wind.
Where else “mizre” appears- in the gatesשַׁעֲרֵיshaare
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaare” appears- of the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- I bereaved themשִׁכַּלְתִּיshikalti
bereave
To make someone lose his children, in war or as punishment.
Where else “shikalti” appears- I destroyedאִבַּדְתִּיibadti
destroy
To make someone or something disappear completely.
Where else “ibadti” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- from their waysדַּרְכֵיdarche
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “darche” appears- turn backשָׁבוּshavu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shavu” appears
The context
6You have abandoned me, declares YHWH; backward you go; so I stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you; I am weary of relenting.
7 · This verse (above)
8Their widows became more numerous before me than the sand of the seas; I brought upon them, upon the mother of the young man, a destroyer at noonday; I made fall upon her suddenly anguish and terrors.