Study it in the app“Bow and javelin they grasp; they are cruel, and they do not show compassion. Their voice roars like the sea, and on horses they ride, set in array like a man for war against you, daughter of Babylon.”
Bowקֶשֶׁתand javelinוְכִידֹןthey grasp;יַחֲזִיקוּtheyהֵמָּהare cruel,אַכְזָרִיand they do notוְלֹאshow compassion.יְרַחֵמוּTheir voiceקוֹלָםroarsיֶהֱמֶהlike the sea,כַּיָּםand on horsesוְעַל סוּסִיםthey ride,יִרְכָּבוּset in arrayעָרוּךְlike a manכְּאִישׁfor warלַמִּלְחָמָהagainst you,עָלַיִךְdaughterבַּתof Babylon.בָּבֶל
bow
A curved wooden weapon with a string, which shoots arrows.
Where else “keshet” appearsjavelin
Javelin: a short spear thrown by hand.
Where else “chidon” appearsseize
To take hold of something or someone and not let go.
Where else “yachaziku” appearscruel
Cruel, merciless; someone without compassion.
Where else “achzari” appearshave compassion
To feel tenderness for someone, like a mother for her child.
Where else “yerachemu” appearsvoice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kola” appearsroar
To make a great din, like the sea or a crowd.
Where else “yeheme” appearssea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appearshorse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “susim” appearsride
To ride an animal or a chariot.
Where else “yirkavu” appearsarrange
To set things in a row and in order, like bread on the table.
Where else “aruch” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearswar, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsBabylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
41Look, a people is coming from the north, and a great nation and many kings are stirred up from the far reaches of the earth.
42 · This verse (above)
43The king of Babylon has heard the report of them, and his hands go limp; anguish has seized him, pain as of a woman giving birth.
