Daughterבַּתof my people,עַמִּיgird yourself withחִגְרִיsackcloth,שָׂקand rollוְהִתְפַּלְּשִׁיin ashes;בָאֵפֶרmakeעֲשִׂי לָךְmourningאֵבֶלas for an only son,יָחִידmost bitterתַּמְרוּרִיםlamentation,מִסְפַּדforכִּיsuddenlyפִתְאֹםthe destroyerהַשֹּׁדֵדwill comeיָבֹאupon us.עָלֵינוּ
Jeremiah 6:26
Study it in the app“Daughter of my people, gird yourself with sackcloth, and roll in ashes; make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 6:26, word by word
- Daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- of my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- gird yourself withחִגְרִיchigri
gird
Gird: fasten a garment, a belt or a weapon around the waist for walking, working or fighting.
Where else “chigri” appears- sackclothשָׂקsak
sackcloth
Rough cloth worn in mourning.
Where else “sak” appears- and rollהִתְפַּלְּשִׁיhitpalshi
roll in the dust
To roll in the dust or in ashes, as a sign of mourning.
Where else “hitpalshi” appears- in ashesאֵפֶרefer
ashes
Ashes. "Dust and ashes" is a way of saying one is of very little account.
Where else “efer” appears- makeעֲשִׂיasi
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asi” appears- mourningאֵבֶלevel
mourning
Mourning, grief for one who has died.
Where else “evel” appears- as for an only sonיָחִידyachid
only
The only child of his parents, the most beloved.
Where else “yachid” appears- most bitterתַּמְרוּרִיםtamrurim
bitterness
Bitterness; in the plural, very great bitterness.
Where else “tamrurim” appears- lamentationמִסְפַּדmispad
lamentation
Lamentation: public expressions of grief for the dead.
Where else “mispad” appears- suddenlyפִתְאֹםfitom
suddenly
Suddenly, in an instant.
Where else “fitom” appears- the destroyerשֹּׁדֵדshoded
destroyer
The one who ruins and loots.
Where else “shoded” appears- will comeיָבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears
The context
25Do not go out into the field, and on the road do not walk, for the enemy has a sword; terror on every side.
26 · This verse (above)
27“As an assayer I have set you among my people, a fortress, that you may know and assay their way.