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You who dwellשֹׁכַנְתְּby manyעַל רַבִּיםwaters,מַיִםrichרַבַּתin treasures,אוֹצָרֹתyour endקִצֵּךְhas come,בָּאthe measureאַמַּתof your gain.בִּצְעֵךְ
Jeremiah 51:13
Study it in the app“You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your gain.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 51:13, word by word
- You who dwellשֹׁכַנְתְּshochant
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “shochant” appears- by manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- watersמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- in treasuresאוֹצָרֹתotsarot
treasure
Valuables stored up.
Where else “otsarot” appears- your endקִצֵּkitse
end
What comes when something finishes: "some days later".
Where else “kitse” appears- has comeבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- the measureאַמַּתamat
cubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “amat” appears- of your gainבִּצְעֵbitse
gain, profit
Gain, profit; often gain got by wrongdoing.
Where else “bitse” appears
The context
12Against the walls of Babylon lift up a banner; strengthen the watch; set up watchmen; prepare the ambushes; for YHWH has both purposed and done what he spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.
13 · This verse (above)
14YHWH Tsevaot has sworn by himself: Surely I will fill you with human beings as with locusts, and they will raise over you the shout.