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Her citiesעָרֶיהָhave becomeהָיוּa horror,לְשַׁמָּהa dryצִיָּהlandאֶרֶץand a steppe,וַעֲרָבָהa landאֶרֶץin whichבָּהֵןno oneלֹא כָּל אִישׁdwells,יֵשֵׁבand through whichבָּהֵןnoוְלֹאsonבֶּןof manאָדָםpasses.יַעֲבֹר
Jeremiah 51:43
Study it in the app“Her cities have become a horror, a dry land and a steppe, a land in which no one dwells, and through which no son of man passes.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 51:43, word by word
- Her citiesעָרֶיare
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appears- have becomeהָיוּhayu
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayu” appears- a horrorשַׁמָּהshama
horror
Something that horrifies everyone.
Where else “shama” appears- a dryצִיָּהtsiya
drought, dry land
Dryness; dry land, desert.
Where else “tsiya” appears- landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- and a steppeעֲרָבָהarava
plain
Flat, dry land, where there is almost no water.
Where else “arava” appears- no oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- dwellsיֵשֵׁבyeshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshev” appears- and through whichהֵןhen
they (feminine)
They (feminine); those.
Where else “hen” appears- sonבֶּןben
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “ben” appears- of manאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- passesיַעֲבֹרyaavor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavor” appears
The context
42The sea has come up over Babylon; with the multitude of its waves she is covered.
43 · This verse (above)
44And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and bring out what he has swallowed from his mouth; and the nations will no longer stream to him; even the wall of Babylon has fallen.