Study it in the app“My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, the mountains have made them wayward; from mountain to hill they have gone, they have forgotten their resting place.”
My peopleעַמִּיhave beenהָיוּlostאֹבְדוֹתsheep;צֹאןtheir shepherdsרֹעֵיהֶםhave led them astray,הִתְעוּםthe mountainsהָרִיםhave made them wayward;שׁוֹבְבוּםfrom mountainמֵהַרto hillאֶל גִּבְעָהthey have gone,הָלָכוּthey have forgottenשָׁכְחוּtheir resting place.רִבְצָם
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appearsexist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “hayu” appearsbe lost
To be lost or out of place, like an animal that strays.
Where else “ovdot” appearsflock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appearsshepherd
One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.
Where else “roe” appearswander, go astray
Wander, go astray, be lost; in the causative form, make wander, lead astray.
Where else “hitu” appearsmountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “shovvu” appearshill
Hill.
Where else “giva” appearsroam
To move about with no fixed course, roaming a place.
Where else “halachu” appearsforget
Forget.
Where else “shachchu” appearsresting place, fold
A resting place, a fold where animals lie down.
Where else “rivtsa” appears5They will ask about Zion, about the way, with their faces set this way: “Come, and join yourselves to YHWH in an eternal covenant that will not be forgotten.”
6 · This verse (above)
7All who found them devoured them, and their adversaries said, “We are not guilty, because they have sinned against YHWH, the dwelling of righteousness, and the hope of their fathers, YHWH.”
