Jeremiah 18:17
As an east wind I scatter them before an enemy, The neck, and not the face, I shew them, In the day of their calamity.'This verse in the real world
In what words
- עֹרֶףʻôrephthe nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the back generally (whether literal or
- קָדִיםqâdîymthe fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for
- פּוּץpûwtsto dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
- אֹיֵבʼôyêbhating; an adversary
- רוּחַrûwachwind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, l
- רָאָהrâʼâhto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitiv
- יוֹםyôwma day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to
- פָּנִיםpânîymthe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.