A lionאַרְיֵהhas gone upעָלָהfrom his thicket,מִסֻּבְּכוֹand a destroyerוּמַשְׁחִיתof nationsגּוֹיִםhas set out;נָסַעhe has gone outיָצָאfrom his placeמִמְּקֹמוֹto makeלָשׂוּםyour landאַרְצֵךְa horror;לְשַׁמָּהyour citiesעָרַיִךְwill be laid waste,תִּצֶּינָהwithoutמֵאֵיןinhabitant.יוֹשֵׁב
Jeremiah 4:7
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With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 4:7, word by word
- A lionאַרְיֵהarye
lion
Lion.
Where else “arye” appears- has gone upעָלָהala
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ala” appears- from his thicketסֻּבְּכsubch
thicket
Thicket, dense brush.
Where else “subch” appears- and a destroyerמַשְׁחִיתmashchit
destroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “mashchit” appears- of nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- has set outנָסַעnasa
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “nasa” appears- he has gone outיָצָאyatsa
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsa” appears- from his placeמְּקֹמmekom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekom” appears- to makeשׂוּםsum
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “sum” appears- your landאַרְצֵartse
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artse” appears- a horrorשַׁמָּהshama
horror
Something that horrifies everyone.
Where else “shama” appears- your citiesעָרַיִarayi
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arayi” appears- will be laid wasteתִּצֶּינָהtitsena
lie in ruins
To be reduced to rubble, a destroyed city.
Where else “titsena” appears- inhabitantיוֹשֵׁבyoshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appears
The context
6Raise a banner toward Zion; flee for safety, do not stand still, for I am bringing evil from the north, and a great breaking.
7 · This verse (above)
8For this gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament and wail, for the burning anger of YHWH has not turned back from us.