Study it in the app“the princes of Judah and the princes of Jerusalem, the court officials and the priests and all the people of the land who passed between the halves of the calf;”
the princesשָׂרֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהand the princesוְשָׂרֵיof Jerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִַםthe court officialsהַסָּרִסִיםand the priestsוְהַכֹּהֲנִיםand allוְכֹלthe peopleעַםof the landהָאָרֶץwho passedהָעֹבְרִיםbetweenבֵּיןthe halvesבִּתְרֵיof the calf;הָעֵגֶל
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearsofficial, eunuch
Court official. The word can also mean eunuch.
Where else “sarisim” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “ovrim” appearshalf, piece
Half, each of two parts into which something is cut.
Where else “bitre” appearscalf
Calf: a young bull.
Where else “egel” appearsJerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
18And I will make the men who transgressed my covenant, who did not carry out the words of the covenant that they made before me, like the calf that they cut in two and passed between its halves:
19 · This verse (above)
20and I will give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life; and their corpses will be food for the birds of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth.
