And I will make them eatוְהַאֲכַלְתִּיםthe fleshאֶת בְּשַׂרof their sonsבְּנֵיהֶםand the fleshוְאֵת בְּשַׂרof their daughters,בְּנֹתֵיהֶםand each oneוְאִישׁwill eatיֹאכֵלוּthe fleshבְּשַׂרof his neighbor,רֵעֵהוּin the siegeבְּמָצוֹרand in the distressוּבְמָצוֹקwith whichאֲשֶׁרtheir enemiesאֹיְבֵיהֶםwill distressיָצִיקוּthem,לָהֶםand those who seekוּמְבַקְשֵׁיtheir life.’נַפְשָׁם
Jeremiah 19:9
Study it in the app“And I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and each one will eat the flesh of his neighbor, in the siege and in the distress with which their enemies will distress them, and those who seek their life.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 19:9, word by word
- And I will make them eatהַאֲכַלְתִּיhaachalti
feed
To feed.
Where else “haachalti” appears- the fleshבְּשַׂרbesar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “besar” appears- of their sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- of their daughtersבְּנֹתֵיbenote
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benote” appears- and each oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- of his neighborרֵעֵree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears- in the siegeמָצוֹרmatsor
siege
Surrounding a city with an army to take it; the siege.
Where else “matsor” appears- and in the distressמָצוֹקmatsok
distress, straits
Distress: a narrow place, a situation one cannot get out of.
Where else “matsok” appears- their enemiesאֹיְבֵיoyve
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” appears- will distressיָצִיקוּyatsiku
distress, press hard
Press hard, distress, put in straits.
Where else “yatsiku” appears- and those who seekמְבַקְשֵׁיmevakshe
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “mevakshe” appears- their life.’נַפְשָׁnafsha
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsha” appears
Translation note
Cf. Deuteronomy 28:53.
The context
8And I will make this city a horror and a hissing; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss over all its wounds.
9 · This verse (above)
10Then you shall break the jug before the eyes of the men who go with you,