Jeremiah 2:34

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: thou didst not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גַּ֤ם בִּכְנָפַ֙יִךְ֙ נִמְצְא֔וּ דַּ֛ם נַפְשׁ֥וֹת אֶבְיוֹנִ֖ים נְקִיִּ֑ים לֹֽא־בַמַּחְתֶּ֥רֶת מְצָאתִ֖ים כִּ֥י עַל־כָּל־אֵֽלֶּה׃

Transliteration

Gam in kənāp̄ayik nimṣəʾû dam nap̄šôt ʾeḇyônîm nəqiyyîm not in maḥteret məṣāʾtîm for ʿal-all-ʾēlleh.

Grammar Details

*Gam*: adverb - also/even
*kənāp̄ayik*: noun with preposition and 2nd person feminine singular possessive suffix - in your skirts/borders
*nimṣəʾû*: niphal perfect, 3rd person plural - were found
*dam*: construct state, masculine singular - blood of
*nap̄šôt*: feminine plural construct - souls/lives of
*ʾeḇyônîm*: masculine plural - poor ones
*nəqiyyîm*: masculine plural adjective - innocent
*maḥteret*: feminine singular noun with preposition - in breaking in/house-breaking
*məṣāʾtîm*: qal perfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - I found them
*ʿal*: preposition - on/upon/concerning
*ʾēlleh*: demonstrative plural - these

Word Meanings

*kənāp̄ayik*: your skirts/borders/wings/edges of garments
*dam*: blood/bloodguilt
*nap̄šôt*: souls/lives/persons
*ʾeḇyônîm*: poor/needy/destitute ones
*nəqiyyîm*: innocent/clean/free from guilt
*maḥteret*: breaking in/house-breaking/place of forced entry
*ʿal*: on/upon/concerning/because of

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 21:16 : 16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.
2 Kgs 24:4 : 4 and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Jehovah would not pardon.
Jer 19:4 : 4 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, that they knew not, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents,
Exod 22:2 : 2 If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.
Ezek 16:20-21 : 20 Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Were thy whoredoms a small matter, 21 that thou hast slain my children, and delivered them up, in causing them to pass through [the fire] unto them?
Ezek 20:31 : 31 and when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, do ye pollute yourselves with all your idols unto this day? and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you;
Ezek 24:7 : 7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the bare rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust.
Ps 106:37-38 : 37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons, 38 And shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.
Isa 57:5 : 5 ye that inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; that slay the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
Isa 59:7 : 7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.
Jer 6:15 : 15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall; at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.
Jer 7:31 : 31 And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded not, neither came it into my mind.
Jer 8:12 : 12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.

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