Study it in the app“And your sons shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years, and they shall bear your acts of prostitution until the last of your corpses lies in the wilderness.”
And your sonsוּבְנֵיכֶםshall beיִהְיוּshepherdsרֹעִיםin the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּרfortyאַרְבָּעִיםyears,שָׁנָהand they shall bearוְנָשְׂאוּyour acts of prostitutionאֶת זְנוּתֵיכֶםuntilעַדthe last ofתֹּםyour corpsesפִּגְרֵיכֶםlies in the wilderness.בַּמִּדְבָּר
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appearsshepherd
One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.
Where else “roim” appearswilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appearsforty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appearsbear
To bear the consequences of a fault, like someone carrying a weight.
Where else “nasu” appearsprostitution, unfaithfulness
Prostitution; figuratively, unfaithfulness to God.
Where else “zenute” appearsbe consumed
To be completely destroyed.
Where else “tom” appearscarcass, corpse
Dead body, carcass, of a person or an animal.
Where else “pigre” appears“Prostitution” is the image the Bible uses for unfaithfulness to God (Leviticus 17:7).
32But as for you, your corpses shall fall in this wilderness.
33 · This verse (above)
34According to the number of the days that you explored the land, forty days, a day for a year, a day for a year, you shall bear your iniquities, forty years, and you shall know my opposition.
