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Her soundקוֹלָהּis like a serpentכַּנָּחָשׁthat goes off;יֵלֵךְforכִּיwith an armyבְחַיִלthey march,יֵלֵכוּand with axesוּבְקַרְדֻּמּוֹתthey comeבָּאוּagainst her,לָהּlike woodcutters.כְּחֹטְבֵי עֵצִים
Jeremiah 46:22
Study it in the app“Her sound is like a serpent that goes off; for with an army they march, and with axes they come against her, like woodcutters.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 46:22, word by word
- Her soundקוֹלָkola
sound
What is heard: a noise, a sound or a din.
Where else “kola” appears- is like a serpentנָּחָשׁnachash
serpent
A legless reptile that crawls and often bites with venom.
Where else “nachash” appears- that goes offיֵלֵךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- with an armyחַיִלchayil
army
A body of soldiers, a king's armed force.
Where else “chayil” appears- and with axesקַרְדֻּמּוֹתkardumot
axe
Axe: a tool for cutting trees and branches.
Where else “kardumot” appears- they comeבָּאוּbau
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bau” appears- like woodcuttersחֹטְבֵיchotve
chop wood
To chop wood, fell trees.
Where else “chotve” appears- like woodcuttersעֵצִיםetsim
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “etsim” appears
The context
21Even 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.
22 · This verse (above)
23They have cut down her forest, declares YHWH, though it cannot be searched out; for they are more numerous than the locust, and they have no number.