Jeremiah 46 יִרְמְיָהוּ פרק מ״ו

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1. 1

   אֲשֶׁרa/SHERthatהָיָהha/YAcameדְבַר־יְהֹוָהde/VAR-Adonaithe word of the LORDאֶל־יִרְמְיָהוּel-Yir/me/YA/huto Jeremiahהַנָּבִיאhan/na/VIthe prophetעַל־הַגּוֹיִם׃al-hag/go/YIMconcerning the nations

   The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles;

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   לְמִצְרַיִםle/Mits/RA/yimconcerning Egyptעַל־חֵילal-chelconcerning the army ofפַּרְעֹהPar/OPharaohנְכוֹNe/KHONechoמֶלֶךְME/lekhthe king ofמִצְרַיִםMits/RA/yimEgyptאֲשֶׁר־הָיָהa/SHER-ha/YAwhich wasעַל־נְהַר־פְּרָתal-Ne/HAR-pe/RATby the river Euphratesבְּכַרְכְּמִשׁbe/Khar/ke/MISHat Carchemishאֲשֶׁרa/SHERwhichהִכָּהhik/KAdefeatedנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּרNe/vu/khad/re/TSARNebuchadrezzarמֶלֶךְME/lekhthe king ofבָּבֶלBa/VELBabylonבִּשְׁנַתbish/NATin the year ofהָרְבִיעִיתha/re/vi/ITthe fourthלִיהוֹיָקִיםlI/ho/ya/KIMof Jehoiakimבֶּן־יֹאשִׁיָּהוּben-Yo/shiy/YA/huson of JosiahמֶלֶךְME/lekhthe king ofיְהוּדָה׃Ye/hu/DAJudah

   Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.

3. 3

   עִרְכוּir/KHUprepareמָגֵןma/GENshieldוְצִנָּהve/tsin/NAand bucklerוּגְשׁוּu/ge/SHUand advanceלַמִּלְחָמָה׃lam/mil/cha/MAto battle

   Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.

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   אִסְרוּis/RUharnessהַסּוּסִיםhas/su/SIMthe horsesוַעֲלוּva/a/LUand mountהַפָּרָשִׁיםhap/pa/ra/SHIMO horsemenוְהִתְיַצְּבוּve/hit/yats/tse/VUand take your standבְּכוֹבָעִיםbe/kho/va/IMwith helmetsמִרְקוּmir/KUpolishהָרְמָחִיםha/re/ma/CHIMthe spearsלִבְשׁוּliv/SHUput onהַסִּרְיֹנֹת׃has/sir/yo/NOTthe coats of mail

   Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.

5. 5

   מַדּוּעַmad/DU/awhyרָאִיתִיra/I/tihave I seenהֵמָּהHEM/mathemחַתִּיםchat/TIMdismayedנְסֹגִיםne/so/GIMturnedאָחוֹרa/CHORbackוְגִבּוֹרֵיהֶםve/gib/bo/re/HEMand their warriorsיֻכַּתּוּyuk/KAT/tuare beaten downוּמָנוֹסu/ma/NOSand in flightנָסוּNA/suthey fleeוְלֹאve/LOand notהִפְנוּhif/NUthey look backמָגוֹרma/GORterrorמִסָּבִיבmis/sa/VIVall aroundנְאֻם־יְהֹוָה׃ne/UM-Adonaisays the LORD

   Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD.

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   אַל־יָנוּסal-ya/NUSlet not fleeהַקַּלhak/KALthe swiftוְאַל־יִמָּלֵטve/AL-yim/ma/LETand let not escapeהַגִּבּוֹרhag/gib/BORthe mightyצָפוֹנָהtsa/FO/nanorthwardעַל־יַדal-yadbyנְהַר־פְּרָתne/HAR-Pe/RATthe river Euphratesכָּשְׁלוּka/she/LUthey have stumbledוְנָפָלוּ׃ve/na/FA/luand they fell

   Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.

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   מִי־זֶהmi-zewho is thisכַּיְאֹרKay/ORlike the Nileיַעֲלֶהya/a/LErisesכַּנְּהָרוֹתkan/ne/ha/ROTlike the riversיִתְגָּעֲשׁוּyit/ga/a/SHUsurgeמֵימָיו׃me/MAYVits waters

   Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?

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   מִצְרַיִםMits/RA/yimEgyptכַּיְאֹרKay/ORlike the Nileיַעֲלֶהya/a/LErisesוְכַנְּהָרוֹתve/khan/ne/ha/ROTand like riversיִתְגֹּעֲשׁוּyit/GO/a/shusurgeמָיִםMA/yimwatersוַיֹּאמֶרvay/YO/merand he saysאַעֲלֶהa/a/LEI will riseאֲכַסֶּה־אֶרֶץa/khas/SE-E/retsI will cover the earthאֹבִידָהo/VI/daI will destroyעִירira cityוְיֹשְׁבֵיve/yosh/VEand the inhabitantsבָהּ׃vaof it

   Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.

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   עֲלוּa/LUgo upהַסּוּסִיםhas/su/SIMO horsesוְהִתְהֹלְלוּve/hit/hol/LUand rageהָרֶכֶבha/RE/khevO chariotsוְיֵצְאוּve/yets/Uand let go outהַגִּבּוֹרִיםhag/gib/bo/RIMthe mighty menכּוּשׁKushCushוּפוּטu/FUTand Putתֹּפְשֵׂיtof/SEwho handleמָגֵןma/GENthe shieldוְלוּדִיםve/Lu/DIMand Ludimתֹּפְשֵׂיtof/SEwho handleדֹּרְכֵיDOR/kheand bendקָשֶׁת׃KA/shetthe bow

   Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.

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    וְהַיּוֹםve/hay/YOMfor the dayהַהוּאha/HUthatלַאדֹנָיla/do/NAYto the LordיֱהֹוִהAdonaiGODצְבָאוֹתtse/va/OTof hostsיוֹםyoma day ofנְקָמָהne/ka/MAvengeanceלְהִנָּקֵםle/hin/na/KEMto avenge Himselfמִצָּרָיוmits/tsa/RAYVon His adversariesוְאׇכְלָהve/okh/LAand will devourחֶרֶבCHE/revthe swordוְשָׂבְעָהve/sa/ve/Aand be satiatedוְרָוְתָהve/ra/ve/TAand drink its fillמִדָּמָםmid/da/MAMof their bloodכִּיkiforזֶבַחZE/vacha sacrificeלַאדֹנָיla/do/NAYto the LordיֱהֹוִהAdonaiGODצְבָאוֹתtse/va/OTof hostsבְּאֶרֶץbe/E/retsin the land ofצָפוֹןtsa/FONthe northאֶל־נְהַר־פְּרָת׃el-Ne/HAR-pe/RATby the river Euphrates

    For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

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    עֲלִיa/LIgo up toגִלְעָדGil/ADGileadוּקְחִיu/ke/CHIand takeצֳרִיtso/RIbalmבְּתוּלַתbe/tu/LATO virginבַּת־מִצְרָיִםbat-Mits/RA/yimdaughter of Egyptלַשָּׁוְאlash/SHAVin vain(הרביתי)haravayatay[הִרְבֵּית]hir/BETyou use manyרְפֻאוֹתre/fu/OTmedicinesתְּעָלָהte/a/LAhealingאֵיןenthere is noלָךְ׃lakhfor you

    Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.

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    שָׁמְעוּsha/me/Uhave heard ofגוֹיִםgo/YIMnationsקְלוֹנֵךְke/lo/NEKHyour shameוְצִוְחָתֵךְve/tsiv/cha/TEKHand your outcryמָלְאָהma/le/Ahas filledהָאָרֶץha/A/retsthe landכִּי־גִבּוֹרki-gib/BORfor the mighty manבְּגִבּוֹרbe/gib/BORagainst the mightyכָּשָׁלוּka/SHA/luhave stumbledיַחְדָּיוyach/DAYVtogetherנָפְלוּna/fe/LUthey have fallenשְׁנֵיהֶם׃she/ne/HEMboth of them

    The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together.

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    הַדָּבָרhad/da/VARthe wordאֲשֶׁרa/SHERthatדִּבֶּרdib/BERspokeיְהֹוָהAdonaithe LORDאֶל־יִרְמְיָהוּel-Yir/me/YA/huto Jeremiahהַנָּבִיאhan/na/VIthe prophetלָבוֹאla/VOabout the coming ofנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּרNe/vu/khad/re/TSARNebuchadrezzarמֶלֶךְME/lekhthe king ofבָּבֶלBa/VELBabylonלְהַכּוֹתle/hak/KOTto strikeאֶת־אֶרֶץet-E/retsland ofמִצְרָיִם׃Mits/RA/yimEgypt

    The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.

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    הַגִּידוּhag/GI/dudeclareבְמִצְרַיִםve/Mits/RA/yimin Egyptוְהַשְׁמִיעוּve/hash/MI/uand proclaimבְמִגְדּוֹלve/Mig/DOLin Migdolוְהַשְׁמִיעוּve/hash/MI/uand proclaimבְנֹףve/NOFin Nophוּבְתַחְפַּנְחֵסu/ve/Tach/pan/CHESand in Tahpanhesאִמְרוּim/RUsayהִתְיַצֵּבhit/yats/TSEVstand fastוְהָכֵןve/ha/KHENand prepareלָךְlakhyourselfכִּי־אָכְלָהki-a/khe/LAfor will devourחֶרֶבCHE/revthe swordסְבִיבֶיךָ׃se/vi/VE/khaaround you

    Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.

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    מַדּוּעַmad/DU/awhyנִסְחַףnis/CHAFare swept awayאַבִּירֶיךָab/bi/RE/khayour mighty onesלֹאlonotעָמַדa/MADdo standכִּיkibecauseיְהֹוָהAdonaithe LORDהֲדָפוֹ׃ha/da/FOdrove him away

    Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.

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    הִרְבָּהhir/BAHe made manyכּוֹשֵׁלko/SHELstumbleגַּם־נָפַלgam-na/FALyes fellאִישׁishoneאֶל־רֵעֵהוּel-re/E/huon anotherוַיֹּאמְרוּvay/yo/me/RUand they saidקוּמָהku/MAariseוְנָשֻׁבָהve/na/SHU/vaand let us go backאֶל־עַמֵּנוּel-am/ME/nuto our peopleוְאֶל־אֶרֶץve/EL-E/retsand to the land ofמוֹלַדְתֵּנוּmo/lad/TE/nuour kindredמִפְּנֵיmip/pe/NEbecause ofחֶרֶבCHE/revthe sword ofהַיּוֹנָה׃hay/yo/NAthe oppressor

    He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.

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    קָרְאוּka/re/Uthey criedשָׁםshamthereפַּרְעֹהPar/OPharaohמֶלֶךְ־מִצְרַיִםME/lekh-Mits/RA/yimking of Egyptשָׁאוֹןsha/ONis but a noiseהֶעֱבִירhe/e/VIRhe has let passהַמּוֹעֵד׃ham/mo/EDthe appointed time

    They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.

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    חַי־אָנִיchay-A/nias I liveנְאֻם־הַמֶּלֶךְne/UM-ham/ME/lekhsays the kingיְהֹוָהAdonaithe LORDצְבָאוֹתtse/va/OTof hostsשְׁמוֹshe/MOis His nameכִּיkisurelyכְּתָבוֹרke/Ta/VORlike Taborבֶּהָרִיםbe/ha/RIMin the mountainsוּכְכַרְמֶלu/Khe/khar/MELand like Carmelבַּיָּםbay/YAMin the seaיָבוֹא׃ya/VOwill he come

    As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.

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    כְּלֵיke/LEbaggage forגוֹלָהgo/LAexileעֲשִׂיa/SImakeלָךְlakhyourselfיוֹשֶׁבֶתyo/SHE/vetO inhabitantבַּת־מִצְרָיִםbat-Mits/RA/yimdaughter of Egyptכִּי־נֹףki-Noffor Nophלְשַׁמָּהle/sham/MAa wasteתִהְיֶהtih/YEwill becomeוְנִצְּתָהve/nits/tse/TAand laid wasteמֵאֵיןme/ENwithoutיוֹשֵׁב׃yo/SHEVinhabitant

    O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.

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    עֶגְלָהeg/LAa heiferיְפֵה־פִיָּהye/FE-fiy/YAvery fairמִצְרָיִםMits/RA/yimis EgyptקֶרֶץKE/retsa gadflyמִצָּפוֹןmits/tsa/FONfrom the northבָּאbacomesבָא׃vait comes

    Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.

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    גַּם־שְׂכִרֶיהָgam-se/khi/RE/haalso her hired menבְקִרְבָּהּve/kir/BAin its midstכְּעֶגְלֵיke/eg/LElike calves ofמַרְבֵּקmar/BEKthe stallכִּי־גַם־הֵמָּהki-gam-HEM/mafor they alsoהִפְנוּhif/NUhave turnedנָסוּNA/sufledיַחְדָּיוyach/DAYVtogetherלֹאlonotעָמָדוּa/MA/dudid they standכִּיkiforיוֹםyomthe day ofאֵידָםe/DAMtheir disasterבָּאbahas comeעֲלֵיהֶםa/le/HEMupon themעֵתetthe time ofפְּקֻדָּתָם׃pe/kud/da/TAMtheir punishment

    Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.

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    קוֹלָהּko/LAher soundכַּנָּחָשׁkan/na/CHASHlike a serpentיֵלֵךְye/LEKHgoesכִּי־בְחַיִלki-ve/CHA/yilfor in forceיֵלֵכוּye/LE/khuthey shall goוּבְקַרְדֻּמּוֹתu/ve/kar/dum/MOTand with axesבָּאוּBA/uthey comeלָהּlaagainst herכְּחֹטְבֵיke/chot/VElike hewers ofעֵצִים׃e/TSIMwood

    The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

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    כָּרְתוּka/re/TUthey will cut downיַעְרָהּya/RAits forestנְאֻם־יְהֹוָהne/UM-Adonaisays the LORDכִּיkithoughלֹאlonotיֵחָקֵרye/cha/KERit can be searchedכִּיkiforרַבּוּrab/BUthey are moreמֵאַרְבֶּהme/ar/BEthan locustsוְאֵיןve/ENand there is noלָהֶםla/HEMfor themמִסְפָּר׃mis/PARnumber

    They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.

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    הֹבִישָׁהho/VI/shais put to shameבַּת־מִצְרָיִםbat-Mits/RA/yimthe daughter of Egyptנִתְּנָהnit/te/NAshe is givenבְּיַדbe/YADinto the hand ofעַם־צָפוֹן׃am-tsa/FONthe people of the north

    The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.

25. 25

    אָמַרa/MARsaysיְהֹוָהAdonaithe LORDצְבָאוֹתtse/va/OTof hostsאֱלֹהֵיe/lo/HEthe God ofיִשְׂרָאֵלYis/ra/ELIsraelהִנְנִיhin/NIbehold Iפוֹקֵדfo/KEDwill punishאֶל־אָמוֹןel-A/MONAmonמִנֹּאmin/NOof Noוְעַל־פַּרְעֹהve/AL-par/Oand Pharaohוְעַל־מִצְרַיִםve/AL-mits/RA/yimand Egyptוְעַל־אֱלֹהֶיהָve/AL-e/lo/HE/haand her godsוְעַל־מְלָכֶיהָve/AL-me/la/KHE/haand her kingsוְעַל־פַּרְעֹהve/AL-par/Oand Pharaohוְעַלve/ALandהַבֹּטְחִיםhab/bot/CHIMthose who trustבּוֹ׃boin him

    The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:

26. 26

    וּנְתַתִּיםu/ne/tat/TIMand I will give themבְּיַדbe/YADinto the hand ofמְבַקְשֵׁיme/vak/SHEthose who seekנַפְשָׁםnaf/SHAMtheir soulוּבְיַדu/ve/YADand into the hand ofנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּרNe/vu/khad/re/TSARNebuchadrezzarמֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶלME/lekh-Ba/VELking of Babylonוּבְיַד־עֲבָדָיוu/ve/YAD-a/va/DAYVand into the hand of his servantsוְאַחֲרֵי־כֵןve/a/cha/RE-khenafterwardתִּשְׁכֹּןtish/KONit will be inhabitedכִּימֵי־קֶדֶםki/ME-KE/demas days of oldנְאֻם־יְהֹוָה׃ne/UM-Adonaisays the LORD

    And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.

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    וְאַתָּהve/at/TAand youאַל־תִּירָאal-ti/RAdo not fearעַבְדִּיav/DIO my servantיַעֲקֹבYa/a/KOVJacobוְאַל־תֵּחַתve/AL-te/CHATnor be dismayedיִשְׂרָאֵלYis/ra/ELO Israelכִּיkiforהִנְנִיhin/NIbehold Iמוֹשִׁעֲךָmo/shi/a/KHAwill save youמֵרָחוֹקme/ra/CHOKfrom afarוְאֶת־זַרְעֲךָve/ET-zar/a/KHAand your seedמֵאֶרֶץme/E/retsfrom the land ofשִׁבְיָםshiv/YAMtheir captivityוְשָׁבve/SHAVand will returnיַעֲקוֹבYa/a/KOVJacobוְשָׁקַטve/sha/KATand be quietוְשַׁאֲנַןve/sha/a/NANand he will be at easeוְאֵיןve/ENand no oneמַחֲרִיד׃ma/cha/RIDwill make him afraid

    But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

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    אַתָּהat/TAyouאַל־תִּירָאal-ti/RAdo not fearעַבְדִּיav/DIO my servantיַעֲקֹבYa/a/KOVJacobנְאֻם־יְהֹוָהne/UM-Adonaisays the LORDכִּיkiforאִתְּךָit/te/KHAwith youאָנִיA/niam Iכִּיkiforאֶעֱשֶׂהe/e/SEI will makeכָלָהkha/LAa full endבְּכׇל־הַגּוֹיִםbe/KHOL-hag/go/YIMin all the nationsאֲשֶׁרa/SHERwhereהִדַּחְתִּיךָhid/dach/TI/khaI have driven youשָּׁמָּהSHAM/mathereוְאֹתְךָve/ot/KHAbut youלֹא־אֶעֱשֶׂהlo-e/e/SEI will not makeכָלָהkha/LAa full endוְיִסַּרְתִּיךָve/yis/sar/TI/khaand I will discipline youלַמִּשְׁפָּטlam/mish/PATwith justiceוְנַקֵּהve/nak/KEleave unpunishedלֹאlonotאֲנַקֶּךָּ׃a/nak/KEK/kawill I leave you unpunished

    Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.