Jeremiah 3:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My Father, thou art the guide of my youth?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲל֣וֹא מֵעַ֔תָּה *קראתי **קָרָ֥את לִ֖י אָבִ֑י אַלּ֥וּף נְעֻרַ֖י אָֽתָּה׃

Transliteration

hᵃlôʾ from-ʿattâ qārāʾt to-me "ʾāḇî, ʾallûp̄ nᵉʿuray you"?

Grammar Details

*hᵃlôʾ*: interrogative particle + negative particle - 'have not?'
*ʿattâ*: adverb - 'now/from now'
*qārāʾt*: Kethib/Qere: Qal perfect 2nd feminine singular - 'you called'
*ʾāḇî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'my father'
*ʾallûp̄*: noun, masculine singular construct - 'friend/companion/chief'
*nᵉʿuray*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - 'my youth'
you: pronoun, 2nd masculine singular - 'you'

Word Meanings

*hᵃlôʾ*: have not/did not/will not
*ʿattâ*: now/at this time/from now
*qārāʾt*: you called/cried out/named
*ʾāḇî*: my father
*ʾallûp̄*: friend/companion/guide/chief
*nᵉʿuray*: my youth/young age

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Referenced Verses

Jer 2:2 : 2 Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I remember for thee the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals; how thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
Jer 3:19 : 19 But I said, How I will put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! and I said, Ye shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.
Jer 31:9 : 9 They shall come with weeping; and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.
Ps 71:17 : 17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth; And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
Hos 2:15 : 15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she shall make answer there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
Prov 2:17 : 17 That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:
Hos 14:1-3 : 1 O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. 2 Take with you words, and return unto Jehovah: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good: so will we render [as] bullocks [the offering of] our lips. 3 Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Ye are] our gods; for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
Mal 2:14 : 14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
Ps 119:9 : 9 BETH. Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed [thereto] according to thy word.
Prov 1:4 : 4 To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion:
Ps 48:14 : 14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: He will be our guide [even] unto death.
Ps 71:5 : 5 For thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah: [Thou art] my trust from my youth.
Jer 31:18-20 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus], Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed [to the yoke]: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearneth for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah.
Jer 2:27 : 27 who say to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

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