Study it in the app“Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them, a wolf of the steppes will devastate them, a leopard is watching over their cities; everyone who goes out of them will be torn to pieces, for their transgressions are many, their apostasies are mighty.”
Thereforeעַל כֵּןa lionאַרְיֵהfrom the forestמִיַּעַרwill strike them,הִכָּםa wolfזְאֵבof the steppesעֲרָבוֹתwill devastate them,יְשָׁדְדֵםa leopardנָמֵרis watchingשֹׁקֵדover their cities;עַל עָרֵיהֶםeveryoneכָּלwho goes outהַיּוֹצֵאof themמֵהֵנָּהwill be torn to pieces,יִטָּרֵףforכִּיtheir transgressionsפִּשְׁעֵיהֶםare many,רַבּוּtheir apostasiesמְשׁוּבוֹתֵיהֶםare mighty.עָצְמוּ
lion
Lion.
Where else “arye” appearsforest
Land covered with trees, where many grow together.
Where else “yaar” appearsstrike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “hika” appearswolf
Wolf.
Where else “zeev” appearsplain
Flat, dry land, where there is almost no water.
Where else “aravot” appearsdevastate
To leave a country or city empty and in ruins by force.
Where else “yeshadde” appearsleopard
A leopard.
Where else “namer” appearskeep watch, be awake
To keep watch, to stay awake and alert in order to guard something.
Where else “shoked” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotse” appearstear
To tear prey apart with claws and teeth, as a wild beast does.
Where else “yitaref” appearstransgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “pishe” appearsbe many
Become many, increase.
Where else “rabu” appearsturning away, faithlessness
Turning away, going astray from the right path; also faithlessness or rebellion against God.
Where else “meshuvote” appearsbe numerous
To be numerous beyond counting.
Where else “atsmu” appears5I will go to the great and speak with them, for they know the way of YHWH, the justice of their Elohim.” But they all alike had broken the yoke, had torn off the bonds.
6 · This verse (above)
7“Why should I pardon you for this? Your children have forsaken me and sworn by what is not Elohim. I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and at the house of a prostitute they crowded together.
