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The lovelyהַנָּוָהand delicate one,וְהַמְּעֻנָּגָהI will destroyדָּמִיתִיthe daughterבַּתof Zion.צִיּוֹן
Jeremiah 6:2
Study it in the app“The lovely and delicate one, I will destroy the daughter of Zion.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 6:2, word by word
- The lovelyנָּוָהnava
lovely
Pleasing to the eye by its beauty and delicacy.
Where else “nava” appears- and delicate oneמְּעֻנָּגָהmeunaga
be delicate
To be delicate, raised in comfort and pampered.
Where else “meunaga” appears- I will destroyדָּמִיתִיdamiti
destroy
To vanish completely, be wiped out, or put an end to something.
Where else “damiti” appears- the daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- of Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew verb can also mean “I compared”: “to a lovely and delicate one I compared the daughter of Zion.”
Places in this verse
Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
The context
1Flee for safety, sons of Benjamin, from the midst of Jerusalem, and in Tekoa blow the horn, and over Beth-haccherem raise a signal, for evil looks down from the north, and a great breaking.
2 · This verse (above)
3To her shepherds will come with their flocks; they will pitch tents against her all around; they will graze, each his own portion.