Jeremiah

Jeremiah 51:3

³Do not let the archer bend his bow

or put on his armor.

Do not spare her young men;

devote all her army to destruction!^b

Footnotes

b 51:3 Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons to the LORD, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Do not let the archer	יִדְרֹ֤ךְ	yiḏ·rōḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1869 tread, march
bend	הַדֹּרֵךְ֙	had·dō·rêḵ	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H1869 tread, march
his bow	קַשְׁתּ֔וֹ	qaš·tōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H7198 bow
put on his armor	בְּסִרְיֹנ֑וֹ	bə·sir·yō·nōw	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5630 armour
Do not	וְאֶל־	wə·’el-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H413 motion to
spare	תַּחְמְלוּ֙	taḥ·mə·lū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H2550 spare
her young men	בַּ֣חֻרֶ֔יהָ	ba·ḥu·re·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H970 young man
devote	הַחֲרִ֖ימוּ	ha·ḥă·rî·mū	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural	H2763 ban, devote, exterminate
all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
her army	צְבָאָֽהּ׃	ṣə·ḇā·’āh	Noun - common singular construct; third person feminine singular	H6635 army, war, warfare

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.