Jeremiah 46:21

“Even her hired soldiers in her midst are like calves from the stall; for they too have turned back, they have fled together; they did not stand, for the day of their calamity has come upon them, the time of their punishment.”

Jeremiah 46:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 46:21, word by word

her hired soldiersשְׂכִרֶיsechire

hired worker

Hired worker: a laborer paid by the day or by the year.

Where else “sechire” appears
in her midstקִרְבָּkirba

midst

In the midst of: "among the people".

Where else “kirba” appears
are like calvesעֶגְלֵיegle

calf

Calf: a young bull.

Where else “egle” appears
from the stallמַרְבֵּקmarbek

stall

Stall where cattle are fattened; "calf of the stall" is the fattened calf, kept for a special meal.

Where else “marbek” appears
have turned backהִפְנוּhifnu

turn

To turn toward something, someone or God.

Where else “hifnu” appears
they have fledנָסוּnasu

flee

To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.

Where else “nasu” appears
togetherיַחְדָּיוyachdayv

together

Together, at the same time.

Where else “yachdayv” appears
standעָמָדוּamadu

stand

To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.

Where else “amadu” appears
the dayיוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

Where else “yom” appears
of their calamityאֵידָeda

calamity

Calamity: a great misfortune that falls on someone.

Where else “eda” appears
has comeבָּאba

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “ba” appears
the timeעֵתet

time

The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".

Where else “et” appears
of their punishmentפְּקֻדָּתָpekudata

punishment

When God calls to account: what falls on the guilty.

Where else “pekudata” appears

The context

20A heifer very beautiful is Egypt; a gadfly from the north is coming, coming.

21 · This verse (above)

22Her sound is like a serpent that goes off; for with an army they march, and with axes they come against her, like woodcutters.

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