Jeremiah 12:9
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.”
חַי
Life, living. Chay. The quality of being alive. The same root as Chayim, life in its fullness. God breathed chay into Adam's nostrils and he became a living soul.
נַחֲלָה
is inheritance/ my
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נַחֲלָה
properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
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עַל
on/ it
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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סָבִיב
all around
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סָבִיב
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
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כֹּל
every
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כֹּל
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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צָבוּעַ
speckled
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צָבוּעַ
dyed (in stripes), i.e. the hyena
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