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Forכִּיamong my peopleבְעַמִּיare foundנִמְצְאוּwicked men;רְשָׁעִיםthey watchיָשׁוּרlike the crouchingכְּשַׁךְof fowlers;יְקוּשִׁיםthey setהִצִּיבוּa trap;מַשְׁחִיתthey catchיִלְכֹּדוּmen.אֲנָשִׁים
Jeremiah 5:26
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With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 5:26, word by word
- among my peopleעַמִּami
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “ami” appears- are foundנִמְצְאוּnimtsu
be present
To be present in a place, or to be enough.
Where else “nimtsu” appears- wicked menרְשָׁעִיםreshaim
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “reshaim” appears- they watchיָשׁוּרyashur
lie in wait
To lie in wait, hidden, to pounce on someone.
Where else “yashur” appears- like the crouchingשַׁךְshach
crouch
Stoop low, like a hunter lying in wait.
Where else “shach” appears- of fowlersיְקוּשִׁיםyekushim
fowler
A fowler, one who sets snares and traps for birds.
Where else “yekushim” appears- they setהִצִּיבוּhitsivu
set up
To set something up so that it stays firm, like a pillar or a wall of water.
Where else “hitsivu” appears- a trapמַשְׁחִיתmashchit
trap
A trap that catches people.
Where else “mashchit” appears- they catchיִלְכֹּדוּyilkodu
be snared
To be snared.
Where else “yilkodu” appears- menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears
The context
25Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good from you.
26 · This verse (above)
27Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit; therefore they have become great and grown rich.