At the noiseמִקּוֹלof horsemanפָּרָשׁand archerוְרֹמֵה קֶשֶׁתeveryכָּלcityהָעִירflees;בֹּרַחַתthey goבָּאוּinto the thicketsבֶּעָבִיםand climb up among the rocks;וּבַכֵּפִים עָלוּeveryכָּלcityהָעִירis forsaken,עֲזוּבָהand noוְאֵיןmanאִישׁlivesיוֹשֵׁבin them.בָּהֵן
Jeremiah 4:29
Study it in the app“At the noise of horseman and archer every city flees; they go into the thickets and climb up among the rocks; every city is forsaken, and no man lives in them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 4:29, word by word
- At the noiseקּוֹלkol
sound
What is heard: a noise, a sound or a din.
Where else “kol” appears- of horsemanפָּרָשׁparash
horseman
A soldier who fights mounted on a horse.
Where else “parash” appears- and archerרֹמֵהrome
throw
To throw something, or loose arrows.
Where else “rome” appears- and archerקֶשֶׁתkeshet
bow
A curved wooden weapon with a string, which shoots arrows.
Where else “keshet” appears- cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- fleesבֹּרַחַתborachat
flee
To run away to save oneself from a danger or from someone.
Where else “borachat” appears- they goבָּאוּbau
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “bau” appears- into the thicketsעָבִיםavim
thicket
A thickly wooded place, where one can hide.
Where else “avim” appears- and climb up among the rocksכֵּפִיםkefim
rock
A rock, a hollow rock.
Where else “kefim” appears- and climb up among the rocksעָלוּalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alu” appears- is forsakenעֲזוּבָהazuva
leave
To not take something along, or put it in another's care.
Where else “azuva” appears- manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- livesיוֹשֵׁבyoshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appears- in themהֵןhen
they (feminine)
They (feminine); those.
Where else “hen” appears
The context
28For this the earth will mourn, and the heavens above will grow dark, because I have spoken, I have purposed, and I have not relented, and I will not turn back from it.”
29 · This verse (above)
30And you, devastated one, what will you do? Though you dress in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with antimony, in vain you make yourself beautiful. The lovers despise you; they seek your soul.