And I will pursueוְרָדַפְתִּיthemאַחֲרֵיהֶםwith the sword,בַּחֶרֶבwith the famine,בָּרָעָבand with the pestilence,וּבַדָּבֶרand I will make themוּנְתַתִּיםa terrorלְזַעֲוָהto allלְכֹלthe kingdomsמַמְלְכוֹתof the earth,הָאָרֶץa curseלְאָלָהand a horrorוּלְשַׁמָּהand a hissingוְלִשְׁרֵקָהand a reproachוּלְחֶרְפָּהamong allבְּכָלthe nationsהַגּוֹיִםwhereאֲשֶׁר שָׁםI have driven them,הִדַּחְתִּים
Jeremiah 29:18
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With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 29:18, word by word
- And I will pursueרָדַפְתִּיradafti
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “radafti” appears- with the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- with the famineרָעָבraav
famine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appears- and with the pestilenceדָּבֶרdaver
plague, pestilence
Pestilence: a disease that kills many in a short time.
Where else “daver” appears- and I will make themנְתַתִּיnetati
make
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “netati” appears- a terrorזַעֲוָהzaava
horror, object of terror
Something that makes those who see it tremble; also maltreatment.
Where else “zaava” 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 curseאָלָהala
curse
Words of cursing.
Where else “ala” appears- and a horrorשַׁמָּהshama
horror
Something that horrifies everyone.
Where else “shama” appears- and a hissingשְׁרֵקָהshereka
hissing
Hissing: the whistle of scorn or astonishment of one who passes by a ruin; hence, "an object of scorn."
Where else “shereka” appears- and a reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpa
disgrace, reproach
Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.
Where else “cherpa” appears- the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- I have driven themהִדַּחְתִּיhidachti
banish
To push a people far from their land.
Where else “hidachti” appears
The context
17thus says YHWH Tsevaot: Look, I am sending against them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and I will make them like the repulsive figs that cannot be eaten for badness.
18 · This verse (above)
19because they did not listen to my words, declares YHWH, which I sent to them by my servants the prophets, rising early and sending; but you did not listen, declares YHWH.