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and I will shatterוְנִפַּצְתִּיwith youבְךָshepherdרֹעֶהand his flock;וְעֶדְרוֹand I will shatterוְנִפַּצְתִּיwith youבְךָfarmerאִכָּרand his team;וְצִמְדּוֹand I will shatterוְנִפַּצְתִּיwith youבְךָgovernorsפַּחוֹתand prefects.וּסְגָנִים
Jeremiah 51:23
Study it in the app“and I will shatter with you shepherd and his flock; and I will shatter with you farmer and his team; and I will shatter with you governors and prefects.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 51:23, word by word
- and I will shatterנִפַּצְתִּיnipatsti
shatter
To break something into pieces with force.
Where else “nipatsti” appears- shepherdרֹעֶהroe
shepherd
One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.
Where else “roe” appears- and his flockעֶדְרedr
herd, flock
Herd, flock, drove.
Where else “edr” appears- farmerאִכָּרikar
farmer
Farmer: one who works and sows the land.
Where else “ikar” appears- and his teamצִמְדּtsimd
pair
Two animals harnessed together.
Where else “tsimd” appears- governorsפַּחוֹתpachot
governor
Governor: one who rules a province or district in the name of the king. A frequent word in the books of the Persian period.
Where else “pachot” appears- and prefectsסְגָנִיםseganim
official, magistrate
Official, magistrate: one who holds a government office under a higher chief. In Ezra and Nehemiah, the authorities of the people together with the leaders.
Where else “seganim” appears
The context
22and I will shatter with you man and woman; and I will shatter with you old man and boy; and I will shatter with you young man and virgin;
23 · This verse (above)
24And I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all their evil that they have done in Zion before your eyes, declares YHWH.