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And I will strikeוְהִכֵּיתִיthe inhabitantsאֶת יוֹשְׁבֵיof this city,הָעִיר הַזֹּאתboth human beingוְאֶת הָאָדָםand animal;וְאֶת הַבְּהֵמָהof a greatגָּדוֹלpestilenceבְּדֶבֶרthey will die.יָמֻתוּ
Jeremiah 21:6
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Jeremiah 21:6, word by word
- And I will strikeהִכֵּיתִיhiketi
punish
God punishes with a plague.
Where else “hiketi” appears- the inhabitantsיוֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- of this cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- both human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- and animalבְּהֵמָהbehema
beast
Animals in general.
Where else “behema” appears- of a greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- pestilenceדֶבֶרdever
plague, pestilence
Pestilence: a disease that kills many in a short time.
Where else “dever” appears- they will dieיָמֻתוּyamutu
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamutu” appears
The context
5And I will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, and with anger and with fury and with great wrath.
6 · This verse (above)
7And afterward, declares YHWH, I will give Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and those who are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life; and he will strike them with the edge of the sword; he will not pity them, and he will not spare, and he will not have compassion.’