Evenגַּםher hired soldiersשְׂכִרֶיהָin her midstבְקִרְבָּהּare like calvesכְּעֶגְלֵיfrom the stall;מַרְבֵּקforכִּיthey tooגַם הֵמָּהhave turned back,הִפְנוּthey have fledנָסוּtogether;יַחְדָּיוthey did notלֹאstand,עָמָדוּforכִּיthe dayיוֹםof their calamityאֵידָםhas comeבָּאupon them,עֲלֵיהֶםthe timeעֵתof their punishment.פְּקֻדָּתָם
Jeremiah 46:21
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.