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And wasוְאִם הָיָהnotלוֹאIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלthe laughingstockהַשְּׂחֹקfor you?לְךָWas he foundאִם נִמְצָאamong thieves,בְּגַנָּבִיםthat wheneverכִּי מִדֵּיyou speak of himדְבָרֶיךָ בּוֹyou shake your head?תִּתְנוֹדָד
Jeremiah 48:27
Study it in the app“And was not Israel the laughingstock for you? Was he found among thieves, that whenever you speak of him you shake your head?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 48:27, word by word
- And wasהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- the laughingstockשְּׂחֹקsechok
laughingstock
A person others mock and laugh at.
Where else “sechok” appears- Was he foundנִמְצָאnimtsa
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “nimtsa” appears- among thievesגַנָּבִיםganavim
thief
Thief.
Where else “ganavim” appears- that wheneverדֵּיde
as often as
Together with other words: whenever, as often as, as much as suffices.
Where else “de” appears- you speak of himדְבָרֶיdevare
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devare” appears- you shake your headתִּתְנוֹדָדtitnodad
sway
To sway, like a reed.
Where else “titnodad” appears
The context
26Make him drunk, for against YHWH he has made himself great; and Moab will splash in his vomit, and he too will become a laughingstock.
27 · This verse (above)
28Leave the cities and dwell in the rock, inhabitants of Moab! And be like the dove that nests on the sides of the mouth of the pit.