then Iאַף אֲנִיwill doאֶעֱשֶׂהthisזֹּאתto you:לָכֶםI will appointוְהִפְקַדְתִּיover youעֲלֵיכֶםterror,בֶּהָלָהwasting diseaseאֶת הַשַּׁחֶפֶתand feverוְאֶת הַקַּדַּחַתthat consumeמְכַלּוֹתthe eyesעֵינַיִםand drainוּמְדִיבֹתthe life;נָפֶשׁand you will sowוּזְרַעְתֶּםyour seedזַרְעֲכֶםin vain,לָרִיקfor your enemiesאֹיְבֵיכֶםwill eat it.וַאֲכָלֻהוּ
Leviticus 26:16
Study it in the app“then I will do this to you: I will appoint over you terror, wasting disease and fever that consume the eyes and drain the life; and you will sow your seed in vain, for your enemies will eat it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 26:16, word by word
- will doאֶעֱשֶׂהeese
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “eese” appears- I will appointהִפְקַדְתִּיhifkadti
appoint
To put someone in charge.
Where else “hifkadti” appears- terrorבֶּהָלָהbehala
sudden terror
Sudden terror, dismay.
Where else “behala” appears- wasting diseaseשַּׁחֶפֶתshachefet
wasting disease
A disease that wastes the body away.
Where else “shachefet” appears- and feverקַּדַּחַתkadachat
fever
Burning fever.
Where else “kadachat” appears- that consumeמְכַלּוֹתmechalot
be spent
To be used up little by little until nothing is left.
Where else “mechalot” appears- the eyesעֵינַיִםenayim
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “enayim” appears- and drainמְדִיבֹתmedivot
make faint, consume
Make faint, waste away with grief.
Where else “medivot” appears- the lifeנָפֶשׁnafesh
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafesh” appears- and you will sowזְרַעְתֶּםzeratem
sow
To put seed in the ground.
Where else “zeratem” appears- your seedזַרְעֲzara
seed
What is sown to sprout: grains and seeds of plants.
Where else “zara” appears- in vainרִיקrik
in vain
In vain, for nothing.
Where else “rik” appears- for your enemiesאֹיְבֵיoyve
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” appears- will eat itאֲכָלֻachalu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achalu” appears
The context
15and if you reject my statutes, and if your soul loathes my rules, so that you do not do all my commandments, and you break my covenant,
16 · This verse (above)
17And I will set my face against you, and you will be struck down before your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one is pursuing you.