Study it in the app“He who stays in this city will die by the sword and by the famine and by the pestilence; but he who goes out and falls away to the Chaldeans who are besieging you will live, and he will have his life as plunder.”
He who staysהַיֹּשֵׁבin this cityבָּעִיר הַזֹּאתwill dieיָמוּתby the swordבַּחֶרֶבand by the famineוּבָרָעָבand by the pestilence;וּבַדָּבֶרbut he who goes outוְהַיּוֹצֵאand falls awayוְנָפַלto the Chaldeansעַל הַכַּשְׂדִּיםwho are besiegingהַצָּרִיםyouעֲלֵיכֶםwill live,וְחָיָהand he will haveוְהָיְתָה לּוֹhis lifeנַפְשׁוֹas plunder.לְשָׁלָל
stay
To remain in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamut” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appearsfamine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appearsplague, pestilence
Pestilence: a disease that kills many in a short time.
Where else “daver” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotse” appearsdesert
To fall upon someone, or desert to the enemy.
Where else “nafal” appearsChaldean
The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.
Where else “kasdim” appearsbesiege
To encircle a city, or shut something in.
Where else “tsarim” appearslive
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “chaya” appearsexist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “hayta” appearslife
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsh” appearsspoil, plunder
Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.
Where else “shalal” appears8And to this people you shall say, ‘Thus says YHWH: Look, I am setting before you the way of life and the way of death.
9 · This verse (above)
10For I have set my face against this city for evil and not for good, declares YHWH; into the hand of the king of Babylon it will be given, and he will burn it with fire.’
