And I will make themוּנְתַתִּיםa dread,לְזַעֲוָהan evil,לְרָעָהto allלְכֹלthe kingdomsמַמְלְכוֹתof the earth,הָאָרֶץa reproachלְחֶרְפָּהand a proverb,וּלְמָשָׁלa tauntלִשְׁנִינָהand a curse,וְלִקְלָלָהin allבְּכָלthe placesהַמְּקֹמוֹתwhereאֲשֶׁר שָׁםI will drive them.אַדִּיחֵם
Jeremiah 24:9
Study it in the app“And I will make them a dread, an evil, to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all the places where I will drive them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 24:9, word by word
- And I will make themנְתַתִּיnetati
make
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “netati” appears- a dreadזַעֲוָהzaava
terror, trembling
Terror, a fright that makes one tremble; also a thing of horror.
Where else “zaava” appears- an evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- the kingdomsמַמְלְכוֹתmamlchot
kingdom
A land ruled by a king.
Where else “mamlchot” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- a reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpa
disgrace, reproach
Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.
Where else “cherpa” appears- and a proverbמָשָׁלmashal
byword
An object of mockery among nations.
Where else “mashal” appears- a tauntשְׁנִינָהshenina
taunt, byword
A cutting taunt, a saying used to mock someone.
Where else “shenina” appears- and a curseקְלָלָהkelala
curse
Curse: words calling down evil on someone; the opposite of a blessing.
Where else “kelala” appears- the placesמְּקֹמוֹתmekomot
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekomot” appears- I will drive themאַדִּיחֵadiche
banish
To push a people far from their land.
Where else “adiche” appears
Translation note
Cf. Deuteronomy 28:37.
The context
8And like the figs that are bad, which cannot be eaten for badness —for thus says YHWH— so will I give up Zedekiah king of Judah, and his princes, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and those who live in the land of Egypt.
9 · This verse (above)
10And I will send among them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, until they are finished off from the ground that I gave to them and to their fathers.”