21 {
"verseID": "Jeremiah.18.21",
"source": "לָכֵן֩ תֵּ֨ן אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶ֜ם לָרָעָ֗ב וְהַגִּרֵם֮ עַל־יְדֵי־חֶרֶב֒ וְתִֽהְיֶ֨נָה נְשֵׁיהֶ֤ם שַׁכֻּלוֹת֙ וְאַלְמָנ֔וֹת וְאַ֨נְשֵׁיהֶ֔ם יִֽהְי֖וּ הֲרֻ֣גֵי מָ֑וֶת בַּח֣וּרֵיהֶ֔ם מֻכֵּי־חֶ֖רֶב בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃",
"text": "Therefore *tēn* *ʾet*-their sons to the *rāʿāb*, and *hagirēm* to hands of *ḥereb*, and *wĕtihyenāh* their wives *šakkûlôt* and *ʾalmānôt*, and their *ʾanšêhem* *yihyû* *hărugê* *māwet*, their young men *mukkê*-*ḥereb* in the *milḥāmāh*",
"grammar": {
"*tēn*": "verb, qal imperative, masculine singular - give",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*rāʿāb*": "noun, masculine singular, definite - the famine",
"*hagirēm*": "verb, hiphil imperative, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - deliver them over",
"*ḥereb*": "noun, feminine singular - sword",
"*wĕtihyenāh*": "conjunction + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine plural - and they will be",
"*šakkûlôt*": "adjective, feminine plural - bereaved",
"*ʾalmānôt*": "noun, feminine plural - widows",
"*ʾanšêhem*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their men",
"*yihyû*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will be",
"*hărugê*": "verb, qal passive participle, masculine plural construct - slain of",
"*māwet*": "noun, masculine singular - death",
"*mukkê*": "verb, hophal participle, masculine plural construct - struck by",
"*ḥereb*": "noun, feminine singular - sword",
"*milḥāmāh*": "noun, feminine singular, definite - the battle/war"
},
"variants": {
"*tēn*": "give/hand over/deliver",
"*rāʿāb*": "famine/hunger",
"*hagirēm*": "deliver them over/hand them over",
"*ḥereb*": "sword/knife/cutting instrument",
"*wĕtihyenāh*": "and they will be/become",
"*šakkûlôt*": "bereaved/childless",
"*ʾalmānôt*": "widows/women who lost husbands",
"*ʾanšêhem*": "their men/husbands",
"*yihyû*": "they will be/become",
"*hărugê*": "slain of/killed by",
"*māwet*": "death/mortality",
"*mukkê*": "struck by/smitten by",
"*milḥāmāh*": "battle/war/fighting"
}
}