Thereforeלָכֵןgiveתֵּןtheir sonsאֶת בְּנֵיהֶםto famine,לָרָעָבand pour them outוְהַגִּרֵםinto the handsעַל יְדֵיof the sword;חֶרֶבand let their wivesוְתִהְיֶנָה נְשֵׁיהֶםbe bereaved of childrenשַׁכֻּלוֹתand widows;וְאַלְמָנוֹתand let their menוְאַנְשֵׁיהֶםbeיִהְיוּslainהֲרֻגֵיby death,מָוֶתtheir young menבַּחוּרֵיהֶםstruckמֻכֵּיby the swordחֶרֶבin battle.בַּמִּלְחָמָה
Jeremiah 18:21
Study it in the app“Therefore give their sons to famine, and pour them out into the hands of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of children and widows; and let their men be slain by death, their young men struck by the sword in battle.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 18:21, word by word
- giveתֵּןten
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “ten” appears- their sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- to famineרָעָבraav
famine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appears- and pour them outהַגִּרֵhagire
hand over
To hand someone over to the enemy, or to throw down and scatter.
Where else “hagire” appears- into the handsיְדֵיyede
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yede” appears- of the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- and let their wivesתִהְיֶנָהtihyena
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihyena” appears- and let their wivesנְשֵׁיneshe
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “neshe” appears- be bereaved of childrenשַׁכֻּלוֹתshakulot
bereaved
Deprived of children or young; said of one who has lost them. A she-bear robbed of her cubs is an image of very great fury (2 Samuel 17:8; Hosea 13:8; Proverbs 17:12).
Where else “shakulot” appears- and widowsאַלְמָנוֹתalmanot
widow
Widow.
Where else “almanot” appears- and let their menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appears- slainהֲרֻגֵיharuge
kill
Kill, slay.
Where else “haruge” appears- by deathמָוֶתmavet
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appears- their young menבַּחוּרֵיbachure
young man
A young man in the fullness of his strength.
Where else “bachure” appears- struckמֻכֵּיmuke
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “muke” appears- in battleמִּלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears
The context
20Should evil be repaid for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good on their behalf, to turn back your fury from them.
21 · This verse (above)
22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you bring upon them a raiding band suddenly; for they have dug a pit to capture me, and snares they have hidden for my feet.