Jeremiah 3:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But the shameful thing hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהַבֹּ֗שֶׁת אָֽכְלָ֛ה אֶת־יְגִ֥יעַ אֲבוֹתֵ֖ינוּ מִנְּעוּרֵ֑ינוּ אֶת־צֹאנָם֙ וְאֶת־בְּקָרָ֔ם אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם וְאֶת־בְּנוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And-the-bōšet ʾāḵᵉlâ ʾet-yᵉgîaʿ ʾăḇôtênû from-nᵉʿûrênû, ʾet-ṣōʾnām and-ʾet-bᵉqārām, ʾet-bᵉnêhem and-ʾet-bᵉnôtêhem.

Grammar Details

*bōšet*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - 'the shame'
*ʾāḵᵉlâ*: Qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - 'it consumed'
*yᵉgîaʿ*: noun, masculine singular construct - 'labor/toil of'
*ʾăḇôtênû*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person plural suffix - 'our fathers'
*nᵉʿûrênû*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person plural suffix - 'our youth'
*ṣōʾnām*: noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - 'their flocks'
*bᵉqārām*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - 'their herds'
*bᵉnêhem*: noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - 'their sons'
*bᵉnôtêhem*: noun, feminine plural construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - 'their daughters'

Word Meanings

*bōšet*: shame/disgrace/humiliation
*ʾāḵᵉlâ*: it consumed/devoured/ate
*yᵉgîaʿ*: labor/toil/product
*ʾăḇôtênû*: our fathers/ancestors/forefathers
*nᵉʿûrênû*: our youth/young age
*ṣōʾnām*: their flocks/sheep
*bᵉqārām*: their herds/cattle
*bᵉnêhem*: their sons/children
*bᵉnôtêhem*: their daughters

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Referenced Verses

Hos 9:10 : 10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the first-ripe in the fig-tree at its first season: but they came to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves unto the shameful thing, and became abominable like that which they loved.
Hos 10:6 : 6 It also shall be carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
Jer 11:13 : 13 For according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.
Ezek 16:61 : 61 Then shalt thou remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder [sisters] and thy younger; and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.
Ezek 16:63 : 63 that thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more, because of thy shame, when I have forgiven thee all that thou hast done, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Hos 2:8 : 8 For she did not know that I gave her the grain, and the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied unto her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.

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