They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
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מְזֵ֥יmezeburntמָזֶהadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, construct — “burnt”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4198exhaustedburnt.רָעָ֛בraavhungerרָעָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “hunger”, the ordinary formH7458hunger (more or less extensive)dearth, famine, [phrase] famished, hunger.וּלְחֻ֥מֵיulechumeand devourלָחַםconjunction, verb, qal, passive participle, construct — “and devour”, a verb used as a describing wordH3898to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)devour, eat, [idiom] ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).רֶ֖שֶׁףreshefarrowרֶשֶׁףnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “arrow”, the ordinary formH7565a live coal; by analogy lightning; figuratively, an arrow, (as flashing through the air); specifically, feverarrow, (burning) coal, burning heat, [phrase] spark, hot thunderbolt.וְקֶ֣טֶבveqetevand destroyingקֶטֶבconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and destroying”, the ordinary formH6986ruindestroying, destruction.מְרִירִ֑יmeriribitterמְרִירִיadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “bitter”, the ordinary formH4815bitter, i.e. poisonousbitter.וְשֶׁןveshenand ivoryשֵׁןconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “and ivory”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8127a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliffcrag, [idiom] forefront, ivory, [idiom] sharp, tooth.בְּהֵמוֹת֙behemotbeastבְּהֵמָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “beast”, the ordinary formH929properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)beast, cattle.אֲשַׁלַּחashalachsendשָׁלַחverb, piel, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “send”, an unfinished actionH7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, ou…בָּ֔םbaminבָּ֔םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in”inעִםimwithעִםpreposition — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).חֲמַ֖תchamatangerחֵמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “anger”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2534heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)anger, bottles, hot displeasure, furious(-ly, -ry), heat, indignation, poison, rage, wrath(-ful). See H2529 (חֶמְאָה).זֹחֲלֵ֥יzochaleserpentזָחַלverb, qal, participle, construct — “serpent”, a verb used as a describing wordH2119to crawl; by implication, to fearbe afraid, serpent, worm.עָפָֽרafardustעָפָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dust”, the ordinary formH6083dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mudashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
Jewish translation (JPS 1917)
The wasting of hunger, and the devouring of the fiery bolt, and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, with the venom of crawling things of the dust.
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American Standard Version (1901)
They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust.
Young’s Literal Translation
Exhausted by famine, And consumed by heat, and bitter destruction. And the teeth of beasts I send upon them, With poison of fearful things of the dust.
World English Bible
They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat and bitter destruction. I will send the teeth of animals on them, with the venom of vipers that glide in the dust.
Darby Translation
They shall be consumed with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, And with poisonous pestilence; And the teeth of beasts will I send against them, With the poison of what crawleth in the dust.
Douay-Rheims
They shall be consumed with famine, and birds shall devour them with a most bitter bite: I will send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the fury of creatures that trail upon the ground, and of serpents.
Jewish Publication Society (1917)
The wasting of hunger, and the devouring of the fiery bolt, and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, with the venom of crawling things of the dust.
Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English
They shall be consumed with hunger and the devouring of birds, and there shall be irremediable destruction: I will send forth against them the teeth of wild beasts, with the rage of serpents creeping on the ground.
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