Verse 9

{ "verseID": "Jeremiah.3.9", "source": "וְהָיָה֙ מִקֹּ֣ל זְנוּתָ֔הּ וַתֶּחֱנַ֖ף אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַתִּנְאַ֥ף אֶת־הָאֶ֖בֶן וְאֶת־הָעֵֽץ׃", "text": "*wᵉhāyâ* from-*qōl* *zᵉnûtâh* *wattĕḥĕnap̄* *ʾet*-the-*ʾāreṣ*, *wattinʾap̄* *ʾet*-the-*ʾeḇen* and-*ʾet*-the-*ʿēṣ*.", "grammar": { "*wᵉhāyâ*": "conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - 'and it came to pass/happened'", "*qōl*": "noun, masculine singular construct - 'sound/lightness'", "*zᵉnûtâh*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd feminine singular suffix - 'her harlotry/prostitution'", "*wattĕḥĕnap̄*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular with waw consecutive - 'and she polluted'", "*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular with definite article - 'the land/earth'", "*wattinʾap̄*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular with waw consecutive - 'and she committed adultery'", "*ʾeḇen*": "noun, feminine singular with definite article - 'the stone'", "*ʿēṣ*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - 'the tree/wood'" }, "variants": { "*wᵉhāyâ*": "and it came to pass/happened/occurred", "*qōl*": "sound/voice/lightness/frivolity", "*zᵉnûtâh*": "her harlotry/prostitution/promiscuity", "*wattĕḥĕnap̄*": "and she polluted/defiled/profaned", "*ʾāreṣ*": "the land/earth/ground", "*wattinʾap̄*": "and she committed adultery/was unfaithful", "*ʾeḇen*": "the stone/rock", "*ʿēṣ*": "the tree/wood" } }

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 2:27 : 27 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.2.27", "source": "אֹמְרִ֨ים לָעֵ֜ץ אָ֣בִי אַ֗תָּה וְלָאֶ֙בֶן֙ אַ֣תְּ ילדתני יְלִדְתָּ֔נוּ כִּֽי־פָנ֥וּ אֵלַ֛י עֹ֖רֶף וְלֹ֣א פָנִ֑ים וּבְעֵ֤ת רָֽעָתָם֙ יֹֽאמְר֔וּ ק֖וּמָה וְהוֹשִׁיעֵֽנוּ׃", "text": "*ʾōmərîm* *lāʿēṣ* *ʾābî* *ʾattāh* *wəlāʾeben* *ʾatt* *yəlidtānû* *kî*-*fānû* *ʾēlay* *ʿōref* *wəlōʾ* *fānîm* *ūbəʿēt* *rāʿātām* *yōʾmərû* *qûmāh* *wəhôšîʿēnû*", "grammar": { "*ʾōmərîm*": "participle Qal, masculine plural - saying", "*lāʿēṣ*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - to the wood/tree", "*ʾābî*": "masculine singular noun with 1st singular suffix - my father", "*ʾattāh*": "2nd masculine singular pronoun - you", "*wəlāʾeben*": "conjunction + preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - and to the stone", "*ʾatt*": "2nd feminine singular pronoun - you", "*yəlidtānû*": "perfect Qal, 2nd masculine singular with 1st plural suffix - you gave birth to us (Qere, corrected reading)", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*fānû*": "perfect Qal, 3rd common plural - they have turned", "*ʾēlay*": "preposition with 1st singular suffix - to me", "*ʿōref*": "masculine singular noun - back/neck", "*wəlōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not", "*fānîm*": "masculine plural noun - face", "*ūbəʿēt*": "conjunction + preposition + construct feminine singular noun - but in the time of", "*rāʿātām*": "feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their calamity/trouble", "*yōʾmərû*": "imperfect Qal, 3rd masculine plural - they will say", "*qûmāh*": "imperative Qal, masculine singular - arise", "*wəhôšîʿēnû*": "conjunction + imperative Hiphil, masculine singular with 1st plural suffix - and save us" }, "variants": { "*ʾōmərîm*": "saying/declaring/speaking", "*ʿēṣ*": "wood/tree/timber (wooden idol)", "*ʾeben*": "stone/rock (stone idol)", "*yəlidtānû*": "you gave birth to us/you bore us/you brought us forth (textual variant: *yəlidtānû* [Qere] = you [masculine singular] gave birth to us vs. *yəlidtinî* [Ketiv] = you [feminine singular] gave birth to me)", "*fānû*": "they have turned/faced/directed", "*ʿōref*": "back/neck/shoulder (idiom for turning away)", "*fānîm*": "face/presence/front", "*rāʿātām*": "their calamity/trouble/distress", "*qûmāh*": "arise/stand up/get up", "*hôšîʿēnû*": "save us/rescue us/deliver us" } }
  • Jer 3:2 : 2 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.3.2", "source": "שְׂאִֽי־עֵינַ֨יִךְ עַל־שְׁפָיִ֜ם וּרְאִ֗י אֵיפֹה֙ לֹ֣א *שגלת **שֻׁכַּ֔בְתְּ עַל־דְּרָכִים֙ יָשַׁ֣בְתְּ לָהֶ֔ם כַּעֲרָבִ֖י בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר וַתַּחֲנִ֣יפִי אֶ֔רֶץ בִּזְנוּתַ֖יִךְ וּבְרָעָתֵֽךְ׃", "text": "*śᵉʾî*-*ʿênayiḵ* upon-*šᵉp̄āyim* and-*rᵉʾî*, where not *šuggalᵉt/**šukkaḇᵉt*. Upon-*dᵉrāḵîm* *yāšaḇᵉt* for-them like-*ʿarāḇî* in-the-*midbar*. *wattaḥănîp̄î* *ʾereṣ* with-*zᵉnûtayiḵ* and-with-*rāʿātēḵ*.", "grammar": { "*śᵉʾî*": "Qal imperative feminine singular - 'lift up'", "*ʿênayiḵ*": "noun, dual construct with 2nd feminine singular suffix - 'your eyes'", "*šᵉp̄āyim*": "noun, masculine plural - 'bare heights/high places'", "*rᵉʾî*": "Qal imperative feminine singular - 'see/look'", "*šuggalᵉt/**šukkaḇᵉt*": "Kethib/Qere: Pual perfect 2nd feminine singular - 'you were ravished/you were lain with'", "*dᵉrāḵîm*": "noun, feminine plural - 'roads/ways/paths'", "*yāšaḇᵉt*": "Qal perfect 2nd feminine singular - 'you sat/waited'", "*ʿarāḇî*": "noun, masculine singular - 'Arab/nomad'", "*midbar*": "noun, masculine singular - 'wilderness/desert'", "*wattaḥănîp̄î*": "conjunction + Hiphil imperfect 2nd feminine singular with waw consecutive - 'and you polluted'", "*ʾereṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - 'land/earth'", "*zᵉnûtayiḵ*": "noun, feminine plural construct with 2nd feminine singular suffix - 'your harlotries/prostitutions'", "*rāʿātēḵ*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 2nd feminine singular suffix - 'your wickedness/evil'" }, "variants": { "*śᵉʾî*": "lift up/raise", "*ʿênayiḵ*": "your eyes", "*šᵉp̄āyim*": "bare heights/high places/barren hills", "*rᵉʾî*": "see/look/observe", "*šuggalᵉt/**šukkaḇᵉt*": "you were ravished/you were lain with/you were violated", "*dᵉrāḵîm*": "roads/ways/paths", "*yāšaḇᵉt*": "you sat/you waited/you dwelled", "*ʿarāḇî*": "Arab/nomad/desert dweller", "*midbar*": "wilderness/desert/wasteland", "*wattaḥănîp̄î*": "and you polluted/defiled/profaned", "*zᵉnûtayiḵ*": "your harlotries/prostitutions/adulteries", "*rāʿātēḵ*": "your wickedness/evil/wrongdoing" } }
  • Isa 57:6 : 6 { "verseID": "Isaiah.57.6", "source": "בְּחַלְּקֵי־נַ֣חַל חֶלְקֵ֔ךְ הֵ֥ם הֵ֖ם גּוֹרָלֵ֑ךְ גַּם־לָהֶ֞ם שָׁפַ֥כְתְּ נֶ֙סֶךְ֙ הֶעֱלִ֣ית מִנְחָ֔ה הַ֥עַל אֵ֖לֶּה אֶנָּחֵֽם׃", "text": "*bəḥalləqê-naḥal* *ḥelqēk* *hēm* *hēm* *gôrālēk* *gam-lāhem* *šāpaḵt* *nesek* *heʿĕlît* *minḥāh* *haʿal* *ʾēlleh* *ʾennāḥēm*.", "grammar": { "*bəḥalləqê-naḥal*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + noun - in the smooth stones of the valley/wadi", "*ḥelqēk*": "noun, masculine, singular + 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your portion", "*hēm*": "3rd person masculine plural pronoun (repeated) - they, they", "*gôrālēk*": "noun, masculine, singular + 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your lot/destiny", "*gam-lāhem*": "adverb + preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - also to them", "*šāpaḵt*": "qal perfect, 2nd person feminine singular - you poured out", "*nesek*": "noun, masculine, singular - drink offering/libation", "*heʿĕlît*": "hiphil perfect, 2nd person feminine singular - you offered up/brought up", "*minḥāh*": "noun, feminine, singular - grain offering/tribute/gift", "*haʿal*": "interrogative particle + preposition - on account of", "*ʾēlleh*": "demonstrative pronoun, common plural - these", "*ʾennāḥēm*": "niphal imperfect, 1st person singular - shall I be consoled/repent/relent" }, "variants": { "*ḥalləqê-naḥal*": "smooth stones of the valley/pebbles of the wadi", "*ḥelqēk*": "your portion/inheritance/share", "*gôrālēk*": "your lot/inheritance/destiny/fate", "*šāpaḵt*": "you poured out/offered", "*nesek*": "libation/drink offering", "*heʿĕlît*": "you caused to go up/offered/brought up", "*minḥāh*": "offering/gift/tribute/grain offering", "*ʾennāḥēm*": "should I be comforted/relent/repent/be appeased" } }
  • Jer 2:7 : 7 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.2.7", "source": "וָאָבִ֤יא אֶתְכֶם֙ אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ הַכַּרְמֶ֔ל לֶאֱכֹ֥ל פִּרְיָ֖הּ וְטוּבָ֑הּ וַתָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ וַתְּטַמְּא֣וּ אֶת־אַרְצִ֔י וְנַחֲלָתִ֥י שַׂמְתֶּ֖ם לְתוֹעֵבָֽה׃", "text": "*Wā-ʾābîʾ* *ʾetkem* *ʾel*-*ʾereṣ* *ha-karmel* *le-ʾĕkōl* *piryāh* *wə-ṭûbāh* *wa-tābōʾû* *wa-təṭamməʾû* *ʾet*-*ʾarṣî* *wə-naḥălātî* *śamtem* *lə-tôʿēbāh*", "grammar": { "*Wā-ʾābîʾ*": "conjunction + hiphil imperfect, 1st singular - and I brought", "*ʾetkem*": "direct object marker + 2nd masculine plural suffix - you", "*ʾel*-*ʾereṣ*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - to land of", "*ha-karmel*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the fruitful land/garden land", "*le-ʾĕkōl*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to eat", "*piryāh*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - its fruit", "*wə-ṭûbāh*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - and its goodness", "*wa-tābōʾû*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - and you came", "*wa-təṭamməʾû*": "conjunction + piel imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - and you defiled", "*ʾet*-*ʾarṣî*": "direct object marker + noun, feminine singular + 1st singular suffix - my land", "*wə-naḥălātî*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular + 1st singular suffix - and my inheritance/possession", "*śamtem*": "qal perfect, 2nd masculine plural - you made", "*lə-tôʿēbāh*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - into an abomination" }, "variants": { "*ʾābîʾ*": "brought/led/caused to enter", "*karmel*": "fruitful land/garden land/orchard/plantation", "*piryāh*": "its fruit/its produce", "*ṭûbāh*": "its goodness/its bounty/its best things", "*təṭamməʾû*": "defiled/made unclean/polluted", "*naḥălātî*": "my inheritance/my possession/my portion", "*tôʿēbāh*": "abomination/detestable thing/abhorrent thing" } }
  • Jer 10:8 : 8 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.10.8", "source": "וּבְאַחַ֖ת יִבְעֲר֣וּ וְיִכְסָ֑לוּ מוּסַ֥ר הֲבָלִ֖ים עֵ֥ץ הֽוּא׃", "text": "And-in-one *yibʿărû* and-*yiḵsālû* *mûsar* *hăbālîm* *ʿēṣ* *hûʾ*", "grammar": { "*yibʿărû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they are stupid/brutish", "*yiḵsālû*": "niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they are foolish", "*mûsar*": "noun, masculine singular construct - instruction of", "*hăbālîm*": "noun, masculine plural - vanities", "*ʿēṣ*": "noun, masculine singular - wood/tree", "*hûʾ*": "pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - it/he" }, "variants": { "*yibʿărû*": "they are stupid/brutish/dull/senseless", "*yiḵsālû*": "they are foolish/silly/senseless", "*mûsar*": "instruction/discipline/correction/doctrine", "*hăbālîm*": "vanities/idols/worthless things" } }
  • Ezek 16:17 : 17 { "verseID": "Ezekiel.16.17", "source": "וַתִּקְחִ֞י כְּלֵ֣י תִפְאַרְתֵּ֗ךְ מִזְּהָבִ֤י וּמִכַּסְפִּי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתַ֣תִּי לָ֔ךְ וַתַּעֲשִׂי־לָ֖ךְ צַלְמֵ֣י זָכָ֑ר וַתִּזְנִי־בָֽם׃", "text": "*wa-tiqḥî* *kəlê* *tipʾartēḵ* *mi-zzəhāḇî* *û-mi-kkaspî* *ʾăšer* *nātattî* *lāḵ* *wa-taʿăśî*-*lāḵ* *ṣalmê* *zāḵār* *wa-tiznî*-*ḇām*", "grammar": { "*wa-tiqḥî*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 2nd feminine singular - and you took", "*kəlê*": "masculine plural construct - vessels/instruments of", "*tipʾartēḵ*": "feminine singular noun + 2nd feminine singular suffix - your beauty", "*mi-zzəhāḇî*": "preposition + masculine singular noun + 1st singular suffix - from my gold", "*û-mi-kkaspî*": "conjunction + preposition + masculine singular noun + 1st singular suffix - and from my silver", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which", "*nātattî*": "qal perfect, 1st singular - I gave", "*lāḵ*": "preposition + 2nd feminine singular suffix - to you", "*wa-taʿăśî*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 2nd feminine singular - and you made", "*lāḵ*": "preposition + 2nd feminine singular suffix - for yourself", "*ṣalmê*": "masculine plural construct - images of", "*zāḵār*": "masculine singular noun - male", "*wa-tiznî*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 2nd feminine singular - and you played the harlot", "*ḇām*": "preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - with them" }, "variants": { "*kəlê*": "vessels/instruments/jewelry", "*tipʾartēḵ*": "your beauty/glory/splendor", "*ṣalmê*": "images/figures/idols", "*zāḵār*": "male/man/masculine", "*tiznî*-*ḇām*": "you played the harlot with them/committed fornication with them" } }
  • Ezek 23:10 : 10 { "verseID": "Ezekiel.23.10", "source": "הֵמָּה֮ גִּלּ֣וּ עֶרְוָתָהּ֒ בָּנֶ֤יהָ וּבְנוֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ לָקָ֔חוּ וְאוֹתָ֖הּ בַּחֶ֣רֶב הָרָ֑גוּ וַתְּהִי־שֵׁם֙ לַנָּשִׁ֔ים וּשְׁפוּטִ֖ים עָ֥שׂוּ בָֽהּ׃", "text": "They *gillû* *ʿerwātāh* *bānêhā* and *ḇənôtêhā* *lāqāḥû* and her *baḥereḇ* *hārāḡû* and *wattəhî*-*šēm* to the *naššîm* and *šəfûṭîm* *ʿāśû* on her", "grammar": { "*gillû*": "3rd plural Piel perfect - they uncovered/exposed", "*ʿerwātāh*": "singular noun + 3rd feminine singular suffix - her nakedness", "*bānêhā*": "masculine plural noun + 3rd feminine singular suffix - her sons", "*ḇənôtêhā*": "feminine plural noun + 3rd feminine singular suffix - her daughters", "*lāqāḥû*": "3rd plural Qal perfect - they took", "*baḥereḇ*": "preposition + definite article + singular noun - by the sword", "*hārāḡû*": "3rd plural Qal perfect - they killed", "*wattəhî*-*šēm*": "3rd feminine singular waw-consecutive imperfect of *hāyâ* + noun - and she became a name/byword", "*naššîm*": "feminine plural noun with definite article - the women", "*šəfûṭîm*": "masculine plural passive participle - judgments", "*ʿāśû*": "3rd plural Qal perfect - they executed/made" }, "variants": { "*gillû*": "they uncovered/exposed/revealed", "*ʿerwātāh*": "her nakedness/genitals/shame", "*lāqāḥû*": "they took/seized/carried away", "*hārāḡû*": "they killed/slew", "*šēm*": "name/byword/infamous example", "*šəfûṭîm*": "judgments/penalties/punishments" } }
  • Hos 4:12 : 12 { "verseID": "Hosea.4.12", "source": "עַמִּי֙ בְּעֵצ֣וֹ יִשְׁאָ֔ל וּמַקְל֖וֹ יַגִּ֣יד ל֑וֹ כִּ֣י ר֤וּחַ זְנוּנִים֙ הִתְעָ֔ה וַיִּזְנ֖וּ מִתַּ֥חַת אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃", "text": "*ʿammî* *bə-ʿēṣô* *yišʾāl* *û-maqlô* *yaggîd* *lô* *kî* *rûaḥ* *zənûnîm* *hitʿâ* *wa-yiznû* *mi-ttaḥat* *ʾĕlōhêhem*", "grammar": { "*ʿammî*": "noun + 1st person singular suffix - my people", "*bə-ʿēṣô*": "preposition + noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in/with his wood/wooden idol", "*yišʾāl*": "imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he asks/inquires", "*û-maqlô*": "conjunction + noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his staff/rod", "*yaggîd*": "imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular, hiphil - it tells/informs/declares", "*lô*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*rûaḥ*": "noun, feminine singular construct - spirit of", "*zənûnîm*": "noun, masculine plural - harlotries/prostitutions", "*hitʿâ*": "perfect, 3rd person masculine singular, hiphil - it led astray", "*wa-yiznû*": "conjunction + imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they commit fornication", "*mi-ttaḥat*": "preposition + preposition - from under", "*ʾĕlōhêhem*": "noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their God" }, "variants": { "*ʿēṣ*": "wood/tree/wooden idol", "*šāʾal*": "ask/inquire/request", "*maqqēl*": "staff/rod/stick/divining rod", "*nāgad* (hiphil)": "tell/inform/declare/announce", "*rûaḥ*": "spirit/wind/breath", "*zənûnîm*": "harlotry/prostitution/unfaithfulness", "*tāʿâ* (hiphil)": "lead astray/cause to wander/mislead", "*mi-ttaḥat*": "from under/from beneath" } }
  • Hab 2:19 : 19 { "verseID": "Habakkuk.2.19", "source": "ה֣וֹי אֹמֵ֤ר לָעֵץ֙ הָקִ֔יצָה ע֖וּרִי לְאֶ֣בֶן דּוּמָ֑ם ה֣וּא יוֹרֶ֔ה הִנֵּה־ה֗וּא תָּפוּשׂ֙ זָהָ֣ב וָכֶ֔סֶף וְכָל־ר֖וּחַ אֵ֥ין בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃", "text": "*Hôy ʾōmēr lāʿēṣ hāqîṣâ*, *ʿûrî lĕʾeben dûmām*! He *yôreh*? Behold, it is *tāpûś zāhāb wākeśep*, and all *rûaḥ ʾên bĕqirbô*.", "grammar": { "*hôy*": "interjection - woe/alas", "*ʾōmēr*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - saying", "*lāʿēṣ*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular - to the wood", "*hāqîṣâ*": "verb, hiphil imperative, masculine singular - awake", "*ʿûrî*": "verb, qal imperative, feminine singular - arise", "*lĕʾeben*": "preposition + noun, feminine, singular - to stone", "*dûmām*": "adjective, masculine, singular - silent/still", "*yôreh*": "verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he teaches", "*tāpûś*": "verb, qal passive participle, masculine singular - overlaid/covered", "*zāhāb*": "noun, masculine, singular - gold", "*wākeśep*": "conjunction + noun, masculine, singular - and silver", "*rûaḥ*": "noun, feminine, singular - breath/spirit", "*ʾên*": "particle of negation - there is not", "*bĕqirbô*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - within it" }, "variants": { "*hāqîṣâ*": "awake/wake up", "*ʿûrî*": "arise/awake/rouse yourself", "*dûmām*": "silent/still/lifeless", "*tāpûś*": "overlaid/covered/encased", "*rûaḥ*": "breath/spirit/life" } }