He made manyהִרְבָּהstumble;כּוֹשֵׁלindeed,גַּםeach oneאִישׁfellנָפַלagainst his neighbor,אֶל רֵעֵהוּand they said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Get up,קוּמָהand let us returnוְנָשֻׁבָהto our peopleאֶל עַמֵּנוּand to the landוְאֶל אֶרֶץof our birth,מוֹלַדְתֵּנוּfrom beforeמִפְּנֵיthe swordחֶרֶבof the oppressor.”הַיּוֹנָה
Jeremiah 46:16
Study it in the app“He made many stumble; indeed, each one fell against his neighbor, and they said, “Get up, and let us return to our people and to the land of our birth, from before the sword of the oppressor.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 46:16, word by word
- He made manyהִרְבָּהhirba
increase
To make an amount larger, adding and adding.
Where else “hirba” appears- stumbleכּוֹשֵׁלkoshel
stumble
To lose one's balance while walking until one falls.
Where else “koshel” appears- each oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- fellנָפַלnafal
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “nafal” appears- against his neighborרֵעֵree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears- and they saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- “Get upקוּמָkuma
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kuma” appears- and let us returnנָשֻׁבָהnashuva
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “nashuva” appears- to our peopleעַמֵּame
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “ame” appears- and to the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of our birthמוֹלַדְתֵּmoladte
birth
The fact of coming into the world, or the place where someone was born.
Where else “moladte” appears- from beforeפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- of the oppressorיּוֹנָהyona
mistreat, oppress
Mistreat, oppress; take advantage of someone weaker.
Where else “yona” appears
The context
15Why has your mighty one been swept away? He did not stand, for YHWH thrust him down.
16 · This verse (above)
17They cried there, “Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let pass the appointed time.”