Jeremiah 4:29

“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.”

Jeremiah 4:29 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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manאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

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livesיוֹשֵׁבyoshev

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

Where else “yoshev” appears
in themהֵןhen

they (feminine)

They (feminine); those.

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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.

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