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Like the windכְּרוּחַfrom the eastקָדִיםI will scatter themאֲפִיצֵםbeforeלִפְנֵיthe enemy;אוֹיֵבthe backעֹרֶףand notוְלֹאthe faceפָנִיםI will show themאֶרְאֵםin the dayבְּיוֹםof their calamity.”אֵידָם
Jeremiah 18:17
Study it in the app“Like 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 18:17, word by word
- Like the windרוּחַruach
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appears- from the eastקָדִיםkadim
east
The direction where the sun rises.
Where else “kadim” appears- I will scatter themאֲפִיצֵafitse
scatter
To scatter people over many places, as a punishment.
Where else “afitse” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the enemyאוֹיֵבoyev
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyev” appears- the backעֹרֶףoref
back
To show the nape, flee.
Where else “oref” appears- I will show themאֶרְאֵere
appear
To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.
Where else “ere” appears- in the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- of their calamityאֵידָeda
calamity
Calamity: a great misfortune that falls on someone.
Where else “eda” appears
The context
16to make their land a horror, a perpetual hissing; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and shake his head.
17 · This verse (above)
18And they said: “Come, and let us devise against Jeremiah plans, for instruction will not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.”