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Harnessאִסְרוּthe horses,הַסּוּסִיםand mount,וַעֲלוּhorsemen!הַפָּרָשִׁיםTake your standוְהִתְיַצְּבוּin helmets!בְּכוֹבָעִיםPolishמִרְקוּthe spears!הָרְמָחִיםPut onלִבְשׁוּthe armor!הַסִּרְיֹנֹת
Jeremiah 46:4
Study it in the app“Harness the horses, and mount, horsemen! Take your stand in helmets! Polish the spears! Put on the armor!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 46:4, word by word
- Harnessאִסְרוּisru
bind
To tie with ropes, or yoke animals.
Where else “isru” appears- the horsesסּוּסִיםsusim
horse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “susim” appears- and mountעֲלוּalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alu” appears- horsemenפָּרָשִׁיםparashim
horseman
A soldier who fights mounted on a horse.
Where else “parashim” appears- Take your standהִתְיַצְּבוּhityatsvu
take one's stand
Take one's stand, stand firm in a place, present oneself.
Where else “hityatsvu” appears- in helmetsכוֹבָעִיםchovaim
helmet
Helmet: the piece of armor that protects a warrior's head.
Where else “chovaim” appears- Polishמִרְקוּmirku
scour, polish
Scour, polish; rinse.
Where else “mirku” appears- the spearsרְמָחִיםremachim
spear
Spear, lance.
Where else “remachim” appears- Put onלִבְשׁוּlivshu
put on
To cover the body with clothes: to put on what one is to wear.
Where else “livshu” appears- the armorסִּרְיֹנֹתsiryonot
coat of mail
Coat of mail: armor that protects a soldier's chest.
Where else “siryonot” appears
The context
3Set in order shield and large shield, and draw near for battle!
4 · This verse (above)
5Why have I seen it? They are dismayed, turning back, and their mighty men are beaten down, and they have fled in flight and do not turn around; terror on every side, declares YHWH.