Study it in the app“He has bent his bow like an enemy, with his right hand set like an adversary, and he has killed all who were precious to the eye; in the tent of the daughter of Zion he has poured out like fire his fury.”
He has bentדָּרַךְhis bowקַשְׁתּוֹlike an enemy,כְּאוֹיֵבwith his right handיְמִינוֹsetנִצָּבlike an adversary,כְּצָרand he has killedוַיַּהֲרֹגallכֹּלwho were preciousמַחֲמַדֵּיto the eye;עָיִןin the tentבְּאֹהֶלof the daughterבַּתof Zionצִיּוֹןhe has poured outשָׁפַךְlike fireכָּאֵשׁhis fury.חֲמָתוֹ
bend a bow
To bend a bow by bracing it with the foot, to string it and shoot.
Where else “darach” appearsbow
A curved wooden weapon with a string, which shoots arrows.
Where else “kasht” appearsenemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyev” appearsright hand
The hand on the side of strength and honor.
Where else “yemin” appearsstand
To remain upright in a place without moving.
Where else “nitsav” appearsadversary
Someone who oppresses and attacks another; the adversary.
Where else “tsar” appearskill
Kill, slay.
Where else “yaharog” appearsdesirable thing, delight
What is desirable, what pleases the eyes: that which someone most loves or values.
Where else “machamade” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ayin” appearstent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ohel” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appearsZion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appearsspill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “shafach” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearsfury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chamat” appearsZion
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).
3He has cut off in burning anger every horn of Israel; he has turned back his right hand before the enemy, and he has burned in Jacob like a fire of flame that devours all around.
4 · This verse (above)
5Adonai has become like an enemy; he has swallowed up Israel; he has swallowed up all her palaces; he has destroyed its strongholds, and he has multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and moaning.
