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Forכִּיeveryכָלheadרֹאשׁis baldness,קָרְחָהand everyוְכָלbeardזָקָןshaved off;גְּרֻעָהon allעַל כָּלhandsיָדַיִםgashes,גְּדֻדֹתand on the loinsוְעַל מָתְנַיִםsackcloth.שָׂק
Jeremiah 48:37
Study it in the app“For every head is baldness, and every beard shaved off; on all hands gashes, and on the loins sackcloth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 48:37, word by word
- headרֹאשׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears- is baldnessקָרְחָהkarcha
baldness
A bald spot: a part of the head shaved bare as a sign of mourning.
Where else “karcha” appears- beardזָקָןzakan
beard
Beard; also the chin.
Where else “zakan” appears- shaved offגְּרֻעָהgerua
take away
To subtract something from an amount or a law.
Where else “gerua” appears- handsיָדַיִםyadayim
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadayim” appears- gashesגְּדֻדֹתgedudot
cut, gash
Cut, a gash made in the skin as a sign of mourning.
Where else “gedudot” appears- and on the loinsמָתְנַיִםmatnayim
waist, loins
Waist, loins.
Where else “matnayim” appears- sackclothשָׂקsak
sackcloth
Rough cloth worn in mourning.
Where else “sak” appears
The context
36Therefore my heart moans for Moab like flutes, and my heart for the men of Kir-heres moans like flutes; therefore the surplus he had made has perished.
37 · This verse (above)
38On all the rooftops of Moab and in its squares all of it is lamentation; for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which there is no pleasure, declares YHWH.