Jeremiah 49:33

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Hazor shall be a dwelling-place of jackals, a desolation for ever: no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיְתָ֨ה חָצ֜וֹר לִמְע֥וֹן תַּנִּ֛ים שְׁמָמָ֖ה עַד־עוֹלָ֑ם לֹֽא־יֵשֵׁ֥ב שָׁם֙ אִ֔ישׁ וְלֹֽא־יָג֥וּר בָּ֖הּ בֶּן־אָדָֽם׃ ס

Transliteration

wə-hāyətâ ḥāṣôr limʿôn tannîm šəmāmâ ʿad-ʿôlām lōʾ-yēšēb šām ʾîš wə-lōʾ-yāgûr bāh ben-ʾādām

Grammar Details

• *wə-hāyətâ*: conjunction + perfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she will be/become
• *ḥāṣôr*: proper noun - Hazor
• *limʿôn*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - for a dwelling/habitation of
• *tannîm*: noun, masculine plural - jackals/dragons/serpents
• *šəmāmâ*: noun, feminine singular - desolation/waste
• *ʿad-ʿôlām*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - until forever/eternity
• *lōʾ-yēšēb*: negative particle + imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will not dwell/sit/remain
• *šām*: adverb - there
• *ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man/person
• *wə-lōʾ-yāgûr*: conjunction + negative particle + imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and will not sojourn/dwell
• *bāh*: preposition + feminine singular suffix - in her
• *ben-ʾādām*: noun, masculine singular construct + noun, masculine singular - son of man/human being

Word Meanings

• *ḥāṣôr*: Hazor (place name)
• *mʿôn*: dwelling/habitation/lair/den
• *tannîm*: jackals/dragons/serpents/sea monsters
• *šəmāmâ*: desolation/waste/devastation
• *ʿôlām*: forever/eternity/ancient time/long duration
• *yēšēb*: will dwell/sit/remain/inhabit
• *yāgûr*: will sojourn/dwell temporarily/reside as alien
• *ben-ʾādām*: son of man/human being/person

Referenced Verses

• Jer 9:11 : 11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
• Jer 10:22 : 22 The voice of tidings, behold, it cometh, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling-place of jackals.
• Jer 51:37 : 37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
• Zeph 2:9 : 9 Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall make a prey of them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.
• Zeph 2:13-15 : 13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like the wilderness. 14 And herds shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the pelican and the porcupine shall lodge in the capitals thereof; [their] voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he hath laid bare the cedar-work. 15 This is the joyous city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
• Mal 1:3 : 3 but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and [gave] his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.
• Isa 13:20-22 : 20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall shepherds make their flocks to lie down there. 21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and ostriches shall dwell there, and wild goats shall dance there. 22 And wolves shall cry in their castles, and jackals in the pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
• Isa 14:23 : 23 I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith Jehovah of hosts.
• Isa 34:9-9 : 9 And the streams of [Edom] shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. 10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever; from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever. 11 But the pelican and the porcupine shall possess it; and the owl and the raven shall dwell therein: and he will stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness. 12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing. 13 And thorns shall come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in the fortresses thereof; and it shall be a habitation of jackals, a court for ostriches. 14 And the wild beasts of the desert shall meet with the wolves, and the wild goat shall cry to his fellow; yea, the night-monster shall settle there, and shall find her a place of rest. 15 There shall the dart-snake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shade; yea, there shall the kites be gathered, every one with her mate. 16 Seek ye out of the book of Jehovah, and read: no one of these shall be missing, none shall want her mate; for my mouth, it hath commanded, and his Spirit, it hath gathered them. 17 And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever; from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
• Rev 18:2 : 2 And he cried {G2479} with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and is become a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird.
• Rev 18:21-22 : 21 And a strong angel took up a stone as it were a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with a mighty fall shall Babylon, the great city, be cast down, and shall be found no more at all. 22 And the voice of harpers and minstrels and flute-players and trumpeters shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft, shall be found any more at all in thee; and the voice of a mill shall be heard no {G3361} more at all in thee;
• Jer 49:17-18 : 17 And Edom shall become an astonishment: every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. 18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, saith Jehovah, no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.
• Jer 50:39-40 : 39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. 40 As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, saith Jehovah, so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.