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Ifאִםgrape gatherersבֹּצְרִיםcameבָּאוּto you,לָךְwould they notלֹאleaveיַשְׁאִרוּgleanings?עוֹלֵלוֹתIfאִםthieves cameגַּנָּבִיםby night,בַּלַּיְלָהthey would destroyהִשְׁחִיתוּonly what was enough for them.דַיָּם
Jeremiah 49:9
Study it in the app“If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings? If thieves came by night, they would destroy only what was enough for them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 49:9, word by word
- grape gatherersבֹּצְרִיםbotsrim
gather grapes
To cut grape clusters.
Where else “botsrim” appears- cameבָּאוּbau
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bau” appears- leaveיַשְׁאִרוּyashiru
leave
To leave something over.
Where else “yashiru” appears- gleaningsעוֹלֵלוֹתolelot
gleanings
Gleanings: the little that is left in the vineyard or the field after the harvest and is gathered at the end (Leviticus 19:10).
Where else “olelot” appears- thieves cameגַּנָּבִיםganavim
thief
Thief.
Where else “ganavim” appears- by nightלַּיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- they would destroyהִשְׁחִיתוּhishchitu
destroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “hishchitu” appears- only what was enough for themדַיָּdaya
enough
The amount that is enough for something, with nothing lacking.
Where else “daya” appears
The context
8Flee, 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.
9 · This verse (above)
10For I have stripped Esau bare; I have uncovered his hiding places, and he will not be able to hide himself; his offspring is devastated, and his brothers and his neighbors, and he is no more.