Jeremiah 51:3

With the Hebrew beneath

Jeremiah 51:3, word by word

let the archerדֹּרֵךְdorech

bend a bow

To bend a bow by bracing it with the foot, to string it and shoot.

Where else “dorech” appears

his bowקַשְׁתּkasht

bow

A curved wooden weapon with a string, which shoots arrows.

Where else “kasht” appears

let him rise upיִתְעַלyital

rise

To rise: the sun, the smoke.

Where else “yital” appears

in his armorסִרְיֹנsiryon

coat of mail

Coat of mail: armor that protects a soldier's chest.

Where else “siryon” appears

spareתַּחְמְלוּtachmlu

have pity, spare

Feel pity, want to save someone; spare.

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her young menבַּחֻרֶיbachure

young man

A young man in the fullness of his strength.

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devote to destructionהַחֲרִימוּhacharimu

devote to destruction

To give something wholly to YHWH, often by destroying it.

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her armyצְבָאָtsevaa

army

An army.

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Translation note

It can also be read “let not the archer bend his bow…” (אַל, “not,” instead of אֶל, “against”), said then of the defenders of Babylon.

The context