Jeremiah 50:39

“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.”

Jeremiah 50:39 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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.

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