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Flee,נֻסוּturn back,הָפְנוּgo down deepהֶעְמִיקוּto dwell,לָשֶׁבֶתinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיof Dedan!דְּדָןForכִּיthe calamityאֵידof EsauעֵשָׂוI bringהֵבֵאתִיupon him,עָלָיוthe timeעֵתthat I punish him.פְּקַדְתִּיו
Jeremiah 49:8
Study it in the app“Flee, turn back, go down deep to dwell, inhabitants of Dedan! For the calamity of Esau I bring upon him, the time that I punish him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 49:8, word by word
- Fleeנֻסוּnusu
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “nusu” appears- turn backהָפְנוּhafnu
turn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “hafnu” appears- go down deepהֶעְמִיקוּhemiku
be deep
To be deep; figuratively, to be hard to fathom or understand. In the causative, to make deep.
Where else “hemiku” appears- to dwellשֶׁבֶתshevet
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “shevet” appears- of Dedanדְּדָןdedan
Dedan
Dedan, the name of men and of a people of Arabia.
Where else “dedan” appears- the calamityאֵידed
calamity
Calamity: a great misfortune that falls on someone.
Where else “ed” appears- of Esauעֵשָׂוesav
Esau
Esau, the elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob; also called Edom, father of the Edomites. The name also stands for his descendants.
Where else “esav” appears- I bringהֵבֵאתִיheveti
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “heveti” appears- the timeעֵתet
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appears- that I punish himפְּקַדְתִּיpekadti
punish
To call to account, punish.
Where else “pekadti” appears
The context
7Concerning Edom. Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: Is there no more wisdom in Teman? Counsel has perished from the discerning; their wisdom has decayed.
8 · This verse (above)
9If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings? If thieves came by night, they would destroy only what was enough for them.