Leviticus
Leviticus 26:16
16then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| then | אַף־ | ’ap̄- | Conjunction | H637 also, yea |
| this is what | זֹּ֣את | zōṯ | Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| I | אֲנִ֞י | ’ă·nî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| will do | אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ | ’e·‘ĕ·śeh- | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H6213 do, make |
| to you | לָכֶ֗ם | lā·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | |
| I will bring | וְהִפְקַדְתִּ֨י | wə·hip̄·qaḏ·tî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H6485 attend to, visit, muster, appoint |
| upon you | עֲלֵיכֶ֤ם | ‘ă·lê·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | H5921 height |
| sudden terror | בֶּֽהָלָה֙ | be·hā·lāh | Noun - feminine singular | H928 dismay, sudden terror or ruin |
| wasting disease | הַשַּׁחֶ֣פֶת | haš·ša·ḥe·p̄eṯ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H7829 consumption |
| and | וְאֶת־ | wə·’eṯ- | Conjunctive waw; Direct object marker | H853 mark of the accusative |
| fever | הַקַּדַּ֔חַת | haq·qad·da·ḥaṯ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H6920 fever |
| that will destroy | מְכַלּ֥וֹת | mə·ḵal·lō·wṯ | Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine plural | H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent |
| your sight | עֵינַ֖יִם | ‘ê·na·yim | Noun - cd | H5869 eye |
| and drain | וּמְדִיבֹ֣ת | ū·mə·ḏî·ḇōṯ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Participle - feminine plural | H1727 pine away |
| your life | נָ֑פֶשׁ | nā·p̄eš | Noun - feminine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| You will sow | וּזְרַעְתֶּ֤ם | ū·zə·ra‘·tem | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural | H2232 sow, scatter seed |
| your seed | זַרְעֲכֶ֔ם | zar·‘ă·ḵem | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine plural | H2233 sowing, seed, offspring |
| in vain | לָרִיק֙ | lā·rîq | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7385 emptiness, vanity |
| because your enemies | אֹיְבֵיכֶֽם׃ | ’ō·yə·ḇê·ḵem | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H341 be hostile to |
| will eat it | וַאֲכָלֻ֖הוּ | wa·’ă·ḵā·lu·hū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural; third person masculine singular | H398 eat |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Job 31:8 · Jeremiah 5:17 · Micah 6:15 · 1 Samuel 2:33 · Deuteronomy 28:51 · Deuteronomy 28:21–22 · Haggai 1:6 · Deuteronomy 28:32–35 · Psalm 78:33 · Judges 6:3–6
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.