Thereforeלָכֵןdesert creaturesצִיִּיםwill dwellיֵשְׁבוּwith hyenas,אֶת אִיִּיםand ostrichesבְּנוֹת יַעֲנָהwill dwellוְיָשְׁבוּin it;בָהּand it will notוְלֹאbe inhabitedתֵשֵׁבagainעוֹדforever,לָנֶצַחnorוְלֹאbe dwelt inתִשְׁכּוֹןfrom generationעַד דּוֹרto generation.וָדוֹר
Jeremiah 50:39
Study it in the app“Therefore desert creatures will dwell with hyenas, and ostriches will dwell in it; and it will not be inhabited again forever, nor be dwelt in from generation to generation.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 50:39, word by word
- desert creaturesצִיִּיםtsiyim
desert dweller
One who lives in the desert: a nomad or a wild animal of the wilderness.
Where else “tsiyim” appears- will dwellיֵשְׁבוּyeshvu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshvu” appears- with hyenasאִיִּיםiyim
howling creatures, hyenas
Howling creatures of the wilderness, probably jackals or hyenas.
Where else “iyim” appears- and ostrichesבְּנוֹתbenot
young
Literally "daughter" in set phrases, like the center of the eye or an animal's age.
Where else “benot” appears- and ostrichesיַעֲנָהyaana
ostrich
Ostrich (in the phrase "daughter of the ostrich"); the identification is debated.
Where else “yaana” appears- foreverנֶצַחnetsach
forever
Forever, without end; with not, never again.
Where else “netsach” appears- be dwelt inתִשְׁכּוֹןtishkon
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “tishkon” appears- from generationדּוֹרdor
generation
The people of the same time.
Where else “dor” appears
The context
38A drought upon her waters, and they will dry up! For it is a land of carved images, and over terrors they go mad.
39 · This verse (above)
40As at the overthrow by Elohim of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors, declares YHWH, no one will dwell there, nor will a son of man reside in it.