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to makeלָשׂוּםtheir landאַרְצָםa horror,לְשַׁמָּהa perpetualעוֹלָםhissing;שְׁרִיקוֹתeveryoneכֹּלwho passesעוֹבֵרby itעָלֶיהָwill be horrifiedיִשֹּׁםand shakeוְיָנִידhis head.בְּרֹאשׁוֹ
Jeremiah 18:16
Study it in the app“to make their land a horror, a perpetual hissing; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and shake his head.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 18:16, word by word
- to makeשׂוּםsum
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “sum” appears- their landאַרְצָartsa
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artsa” appears- a horrorשַׁמָּהshama
horror
Something that horrifies everyone.
Where else “shama” appears- a perpetualעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- hissingשְׁרִיקוֹתsherikot
hissing
Hissing: the whistle of scorn or astonishment of one who passes by a ruin; hence, "an object of scorn."
Where else “sherikot” appears- who passesעוֹבֵרover
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “over” appears- will be horrifiedיִשֹּׁםyishom
be appalled
To be struck with dread at the ruin.
Where else “yishom” appears- and shakeיָנִידyanid
sway
To sway, like a reed.
Where else “yanid” appears- his headרֹאשׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears
The context
15For my people has forgotten me; to what is vain they burn incense, and they have made them stumble in their ways, the ancient paths, to walk in byways, a road not built up,
16 · This verse (above)
17Like the wind from the east I will scatter them before the enemy; the back and not the face I will show them in the day of their calamity.”