Jeremiah 3:2

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{ "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" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שְׂאִֽי־עֵינַ֨יִךְ עַל־שְׁפָיִ֜ם וּרְאִ֗י אֵיפֹה֙ לֹ֣א *שגלת **שֻׁכַּ֔בְתְּ עַל־דְּרָכִים֙ יָשַׁ֣בְתְּ לָהֶ֔ם כַּעֲרָבִ֖י בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר וַתַּחֲנִ֣יפִי אֶ֔רֶץ בִּזְנוּתַ֖יִךְ וּבְרָעָתֵֽךְ׃

Transliteration

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 Details

• *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'

Word Meanings

• *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

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Where have you not been violated? By the roads you sat waiting for lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Lift up your eyes to the high places and see where you have not been violated. On the roads you have sat for them, like an Arabian in the wilderness; and you have polluted the land with your whoredoms and your wickedness.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Lift up{H5375} thine eyes{H5869} unto the bare heights,{H8205} and see;{H7200} where{H375} hast thou not been lain{H7693} with? By the ways{H1870} hast thou sat{H3427} for them, as an Arabian{H6163} in the wilderness;{H4057} and thou hast polluted{H2610} the land{H776} with thy whoredoms{H2184} and with thy wickedness.{H7451}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Lift up{H5375}{(H8798)} thine eyes{H5869} unto the high places{H8205}, and see{H7200}{(H8798)} where{H375} thou hast not been lien{H7693}{(H8795)}{(H8676)}{H7901}{(H8795)} with. In the ways{H1870} hast thou sat{H3427}{(H8804)} for them, as the Arabian{H6163} in the wilderness{H4057}; and thou hast polluted{H2610}{(H8686)} the land{H776} with thy whoredoms{H2184} and with thy wickedness{H7451}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Lift vp thine eyes on euery syde, and loke, yf thou be not defyled. Thou hast waited for them in the stretes, and as a murtherer in the wildernesse. Thorow thy whordome and shamefull blasphemies, is the londe defyled.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Lift vp thine eyes vnto the hie places, and beholde, where thou hast not plaied the harlot: thou hast sit waiting for them in the waies, as the Arabian in the wildernesse: and thou hast polluted the lande with thy whoredomes, and with thy malice.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Lift vp thine eyes to the hygh places, and loke where thou hast not ben defiled: Thou hast wayted for them in the streetes, and as a murtherer in the wildernesse, through thy whoredome and shamefull blasphemies is the lande defiled.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see; where have you not been lain with? By the ways have you sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and you have polluted the land with your prostitution and with your wickedness.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Lift thine eyes to the high places, and see, Where hast thou not been lain with? On the ways thou hast sat for them, As an Arab in a wilderness, And thou defilest the land, By thy fornications, and by thy wickedness.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Lift up thine eyes unto the bare heights, and see; where hast thou not been lain with? By the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Lift up thine eyes unto the bare heights, and see; where hast thou not been lain with? By the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Let your eyes be lifted up to the open hilltops, and see; where have you not been taken by your lovers? You have been seated waiting for them by the wayside like an Arabian in the waste land; you have made the land unclean with your loose ways and your evil-doing.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been lain with? You have sat for them by the ways, as an Arabian in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and with your wickedness.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Look up at the hilltops and consider this. Where have you not been ravished? You waited for those gods like a thief lying in wait in the wilderness. You defiled the land by your wicked prostitution to other gods.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 38:14 : 14 { "verseID": "Genesis.38.14", "source": "וַתָּסַר֩ בִּגְדֵ֨י אַלְמְנוּתָ֜הּ מֵֽעָלֶ֗יהָ וַתְּכַ֤ס בַּצָּעִיף֙ וַתִּתְעַלָּ֔ף וַתֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ בְּפֶ֣תַח עֵינַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־דֶּ֣רֶךְ תִּמְנָ֑תָה כִּ֤י רָאֲתָה֙ כִּֽי־גָדַ֣ל שֵׁלָ֔ה וְהִ֕וא לֹֽא־נִתְּנָ֥ה ל֖וֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה", "text": "And *wattāsar* *bigdê* her *ʾalmənûtāh* from *mēʿāleyhā* and *wattəkas* with the *baṣṣāʿîp* and *wattitʿallāp* and *wattēšeb* in *betaḥ* *ʿênayim* which is on *dereḵ* *Timnātāh*, for *rāʾătāh* that *gādal* *Šēlāh* and she *lōʾ*-*nittənāh* to him *ləʾiššāh*", "grammar": { "*wattāsar*": "waw-consecutive + hiphil imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she removed", "*bigdê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - garments of", "*ʾalmənûtāh*": "noun, feminine singular construct + 3rd feminine singular suffix - her widowhood", "*mēʿāleyhā*": "preposition + preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - from upon her", "*wattəkas*": "waw-consecutive + piel imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she covered", "*baṣṣāʿîp*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - with the veil", "*wattitʿallāp*": "waw-consecutive + hithpael imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she wrapped herself", "*wattēšeb*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she sat", "*betaḥ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in the entrance of", "*ʿênayim*": "noun, dual - Enaim/two springs", "*dereḵ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - way to/road to", "*Timnātāh*": "proper noun + directional heh - to Timnah", "*rāʾătāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - she saw", "*gādal*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he had grown up", "*Šēlāh*": "proper noun, masculine - Shelah", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*nittənāh*": "niphal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - she was given", "*ləʾiššāh*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - for a wife" }, "variants": { "*wattāsar*": "and she removed/took off/put aside", "*bigdê*": "garments/clothes", "*ʾalmənûtāh*": "her widowhood/her widow's garments", "*wattəkas*": "and she covered/concealed", "*baṣṣāʿîp*": "with the veil/with the wrapper/with the shawl", "*wattitʿallāp*": "and she wrapped herself/disguised herself/covered herself", "*wattēšeb*": "and she sat/remained/dwelled", "*betaḥ*": "in the entrance of/at the opening of/at the gateway of", "*ʿênayim*": "Enaim (place name)/two springs/double fountain", "*rāʾătāh*": "she saw/perceived/understood", "*gādal*": "had grown up/matured/became older", "*nittənāh*": "she was given/provided/offered" } }
• 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" } }
• Ezek 16:24-25 : 24 { "verseID": "Ezekiel.16.24", "source": "וַתִּבְנִי־לָ֖ךְ גֶּ֑ב וַתַּעֲשִׂי־לָ֥ךְ רָמָ֖ה בְּכָל־רְחֽוֹב׃", "text": "And *wattibnî*-to you *geb* and *wattaʿăśî*-to you *rāmāh* in all-*rəḥôb*.", "grammar": { "*wattibnî*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 2nd person feminine singular - and you built", "*geb*": "mound/arched place/vaulted chamber, noun absolute", "*wattaʿăśî*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 2nd person feminine singular - and you made", "*rāmāh*": "high place/elevated place, noun absolute", "*rəḥôb*": "street/plaza/square, noun absolute" }, "variants": { "*geb*": "mound/arched place/vaulted chamber/brothel/shrine", "*rāmāh*": "high place/elevated place/shrine", "*rəḥôb*": "street/plaza/public square/open area" } } 25 { "verseID": "Ezekiel.16.25", "source": "אֶל־כָּל־רֹ֣אשׁ דֶּ֗רֶךְ בָּנִית֙ רָֽמָתֵ֔ךְ וַתְּתַֽעֲבִי֙ אֶת־יָפְיֵ֔ךְ וַתְּפַשְּׂקִ֥י אֶת־רַגְלַ֖יִךְ לְכָל־עוֹבֵ֑ר וַתַּרְבִּ֖י אֶת־תַּזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃", "text": "To all-*rōʾš* *derek* *bānît* *rāmātēk* and *wattətaʿăbî* *ʾet*-*yāfyēk* and *wattəfaśśəqî* *ʾet*-*raglayik* to all-*ʿôbēr* and *watarbî* *ʾet*-*taznûtāyik*.", "grammar": { "*rōʾš*": "head/top, noun construct", "*derek*": "way/road/path, noun absolute", "*bānît*": "qal perfect, 2nd person feminine singular - you built", "*rāmātēk*": "your high place, noun with 2nd person feminine singular suffix", "*wattətaʿăbî*": "waw consecutive + piel imperfect, 2nd person feminine singular - and you abominated/made abominable", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*yāfyēk*": "your beauty, noun with 2nd person feminine singular suffix", "*wattəfaśśəqî*": "waw consecutive + piel imperfect, 2nd person feminine singular - and you spread wide", "*raglayik*": "your feet/legs, dual noun with 2nd person feminine singular suffix", "*ʿôbēr*": "one passing by, qal participle masculine singular", "*watarbî*": "waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect, 2nd person feminine singular - and you multiplied/increased", "*taznûtāyik*": "your prostitutions, plural noun with 2nd person feminine singular suffix" }, "variants": { "*rōʾš derek*": "head of the way/top of the road/prominent place on the path", "*wattətaʿăbî*": "you made abominable/you defiled/you profaned", "*wattəfaśśəqî*": "you spread wide/you opened/you parted", "*watarbî*": "you multiplied/you increased/you made abundant" } }
• Jer 2:20 : 20 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.2.20", "source": "כִּ֣י מֵעוֹלָ֞ם שָׁבַ֣רְתִּי עֻלֵּ֗ךְ נִתַּ֙קְתִּי֙ מוֹסְרֹתַ֔יִךְ וַתֹּאמְרִ֖י לֹ֣א אעבד אֶעֱב֑וֹר כִּ֣י עַֽל־כָּל־גִּבְעָ֞ה גְּבֹהָ֗ה וְתַ֙חַת֙ כָּל־עֵ֣ץ רַעֲנָ֔ן אַ֖תְּ צֹעָ֥ה זֹנָֽה׃", "text": "*kî* *mēʿôlām* *šābartî* *ʿullēk* *nittaqtî* *môsərôtayik* *wattōʾmərî* *lōʾ* *ʾeʿĕbôr* *kî* *ʿal*-*kol*-*gibʿāh* *gəbōhāh* *wətaḥat* *kol*-*ʿēṣ* *raʿănān* *ʾatt* *ṣōʿāh* *zōnāh*", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*mēʿôlām*": "preposition + noun - from of old/long ago", "*šābartî*": "perfect Qal, 1st singular - I broke", "*ʿullēk*": "masculine singular noun with 2nd feminine singular suffix - your yoke", "*nittaqtî*": "perfect Piel, 1st singular - I tore off/broke", "*môsərôtayik*": "feminine plural noun with 2nd feminine singular suffix - your bonds/fetters", "*wattōʾmərî*": "consecutive imperfect Qal, 2nd feminine singular - and you said", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*ʾeʿĕbôr*": "imperfect Qal, 1st singular - I will serve/transgress (textual variant between *ʾeʿĕbōd* [serve] and *ʾeʿĕbôr* [transgress/cross over])", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*ʿal*": "preposition - on/upon", "*kol*": "construct noun - every/all of", "*gibʿāh*": "feminine singular noun - hill", "*gəbōhāh*": "adjective, feminine singular - high", "*wətaḥat*": "conjunction + preposition - and under", "*kol*": "construct noun - every/all of", "*ʿēṣ*": "masculine singular noun - tree", "*raʿănān*": "adjective, masculine singular - luxuriant/green/leafy", "*ʾatt*": "2nd feminine singular pronoun - you", "*ṣōʿāh*": "participle Qal, feminine singular - bowing down/reclining", "*zōnāh*": "participle Qal, feminine singular - prostituting/playing harlot" }, "variants": { "*mēʿôlām*": "from of old/long ago/ancient times", "*šābartî*": "I broke/shattered/smashed", "*ʿullēk*": "your yoke/burden", "*nittaqtî*": "I tore off/broke/burst", "*môsərôtayik*": "your bonds/fetters/chains", "*ʾeʿĕbôr*": "I will serve (Qere: *ʾeʿĕbōd*) / I will transgress (Ketiv: *ʾeʿĕbôr*)", "*gibʿāh*": "hill/height", "*raʿănān*": "luxuriant/green/leafy/flourishing", "*ṣōʿāh*": "bowing down/reclining/lying down", "*zōnāh*": "prostituting/playing harlot/being unfaithful" } }
• Deut 12:2 : 2 { "verseID": "Deuteronomy.12.2", "source": "אַבֵּ֣ד תְּ֠אַבְּדוּן אֶֽת־כָּל־הַמְּקֹמ֞וֹת אֲשֶׁ֧ר עָֽבְדוּ־שָׁ֣ם הַגּוֹיִ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֛ם יֹרְשִׁ֥ים אֹתָ֖ם אֶת־אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם עַל־הֶהָרִ֤ים הָֽרָמִים֙ וְעַל־הַגְּבָע֔וֹת וְתַ֖חַת כָּל־עֵ֥ץ רַעֲנָן׃", "text": "*ʾabbēd təʾabbədûn* *ʾet*-all-the *məqōmôt* which *ʿāḇdû*-there the *gôyim* which you *yōrəšîm* *ʾōtām* *ʾet*-*ʾĕlōhêhem* upon-the *hārîm* the *rāmîm* and upon-the *gəḇāʿôt* and under all-*ʿēṣ* *raʿănān*", "grammar": { "*ʾabbēd təʾabbədûn*": "piel infinitive absolute + piel imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - utterly destroy/destroy completely", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*məqōmôt*": "masculine plural noun - places", "*ʿāḇdû*": "qal perfect 3rd person plural - they served/worshiped", "*gôyim*": "masculine plural noun - nations/peoples/gentiles", "*yōrəšîm*": "qal participle masculine plural - possessing/inheriting/dispossessing", "*ʾōtām*": "direct object marker with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them", "*ʾĕlōhêhem*": "masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their gods", "*hārîm*": "masculine plural noun - mountains", "*rāmîm*": "masculine plural adjective - high/lofty", "*gəḇāʿôt*": "feminine plural noun - hills", "*ʿēṣ*": "masculine singular noun - tree/wood", "*raʿănān*": "masculine singular adjective - green/luxuriant/fresh" }, "variants": { "*ʾabbēd təʾabbədûn*": "utterly destroy/completely destroy/surely destroy", "*məqōmôt*": "places/sites/locations", "*ʿāḇdû*": "served/worshiped/worked", "*gôyim*": "nations/peoples/gentiles/heathen", "*yōrəšîm*": "dispossessing/inheriting/taking possession of", "*raʿănān*": "green/luxuriant/fresh/leafy" } }
• Jer 3:1 : 1 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.3.1", "source": "לֵאמֹ֡ר הֵ֣ן יְשַׁלַּ֣ח אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ֩ וְהָלְכָ֨ה מֵאִתּ֜וֹ וְהָיְתָ֣ה לְאִישׁ־אַחֵ֗ר הֲיָשׁ֤וּב אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ ע֔וֹד הֲל֛וֹא חָנ֥וֹף תֶּחֱנַ֖ף הָאָ֣רֶץ הַהִ֑יא וְאַ֗תְּ זָנִית֙ רֵעִ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים וְשׁ֥וֹב אֵלַ֖י נְאֻם־יְהֹוָֽה׃", "text": "*lēʾmōr* *hēn* *yᵉšallaḥ* *ʾîš* *ʾet*-*ʾištô* *wᵉhālᵉḵâ* from-him *wᵉhāyᵉtâ* to-*ʾîš*-another, *hᵃyāšûḇ* to-her again? *hᵃlôʾ* *ḥānôp̄* *teḥĕnap̄* the-*ʾereṣ* that? And-you *zānît* *rēʿîm* many, yet-*šôḇ* to-me *nᵉʾum*-*YHWH*.", "grammar": { "*lēʾmōr*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - 'to say/saying'", "*hēn*": "demonstrative particle - 'behold/if'", "*yᵉšallaḥ*": "Piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - 'sends away/dismisses'", "*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - 'man/husband'", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*ʾištô*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'his wife'", "*wᵉhālᵉḵâ*": "conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - 'and she goes/went'", "*wᵉhāyᵉtâ*": "conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - 'and she becomes/became'", "*hᵃyāšûḇ*": "interrogative particle + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - 'will he return?'", "*hᵃlôʾ*": "interrogative particle + negative particle - 'will not?'", "*ḥānôp̄*": "Qal infinitive absolute - 'utterly polluted'", "*teḥĕnap̄*": "Qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - 'be polluted'", "*ʾereṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - 'land/earth'", "*zānît*": "Qal perfect 2nd feminine singular - 'you have played the harlot'", "*rēʿîm*": "noun, masculine plural - 'companions/lovers'", "*šôḇ*": "Qal infinitive absolute - 'return'", "*nᵉʾum*": "construct state, utterance/declaration", "*YHWH*": "proper name - 'Yahweh/LORD'" }, "variants": { "*lēʾmōr*": "saying/to say", "*hēn*": "behold/look/if", "*yᵉšallaḥ*": "sends away/divorces/dismisses", "*ʾîš*": "man/husband/each one", "*wᵉhālᵉḵâ*": "and she goes/departs/leaves", "*wᵉhāyᵉtâ*": "and she becomes/belongs to", "*hᵃyāšûḇ*": "will he return/take her back", "*ḥānôp̄*": "greatly polluted/utterly defiled", "*teḥĕnap̄*": "be polluted/defiled/profaned", "*ʾereṣ*": "land/earth/ground/territory", "*zānît*": "played the harlot/been promiscuous/been unfaithful", "*rēʿîm*": "companions/friends/lovers", "*šôḇ*": "return/come back", "*nᵉʾum*": "declaration/utterance/oracle" } }
• Jer 3:9 : 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" } }
• Jer 3:21 : 21 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.3.21", "source": "ק֚וֹל עַל־שְׁפָיִ֣ים נִשְׁמָ֔ע בְּכִ֥י תַחֲנוּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּ֤י הֶעֱוּוּ֙ אֶת־דַּרְכָּ֔ם שָׁכְח֖וּ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃", "text": "*qôl* upon-*šᵉp̄āyim* *nišmāʿ*, *bᵉḵî* *taḥănûnê* *bᵉnê* *yiśrāʾēl*; for *heʿĕwû* *ʾet*-*darkām*, *šāḵᵉḥû* *ʾet*-*YHWH* *ʾĕlōhêhem*.", "grammar": { "*qôl*": "noun, masculine singular - 'voice/sound'", "*šᵉp̄āyim*": "noun, masculine plural - 'bare heights/high places'", "*nišmāʿ*": "Niphal participle masculine singular - 'is heard'", "*bᵉḵî*": "noun, masculine singular - 'weeping'", "*taḥănûnê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - 'supplications of'", "*bᵉnê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - 'sons/children of'", "*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper name - 'Israel'", "*heʿĕwû*": "Hiphil perfect 3rd masculine plural - 'they perverted'", "*darkām*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - 'their way'", "*šāḵᵉḥû*": "Qal perfect 3rd masculine plural - 'they forgot'", "*YHWH*": "proper name - 'Yahweh/LORD'", "*ʾĕlōhêhem*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - 'their God'" }, "variants": { "*qôl*": "voice/sound/noise", "*šᵉp̄āyim*": "bare heights/high places/barren hills", "*nišmāʿ*": "is heard/perceived/understood", "*bᵉḵî*": "weeping/crying", "*taḥănûnê*": "supplications/pleas/entreaties", "*bᵉnê*": "sons/children/descendants", "*yiśrāʾēl*": "Israel", "*heʿĕwû*": "they perverted/twisted/made crooked", "*darkām*": "their way/path/road", "*šāḵᵉḥû*": "they forgot/neglected/ignored", "*ʾĕlōhêhem*": "their God" } }
• Jer 7:29 : 29 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.7.29", "source": "גָּזִּ֤י נִזְרֵךְ֙ וְֽהַשְׁלִ֔יכִי וּשְׂאִ֥י עַל־שְׁפָיִ֖ם קִינָ֑ה כִּ֚י מָאַ֣ס יְהוָ֔ה וַיִּטֹּ֖שׁ אֶת־דּ֥וֹר עֶבְרָתֽוֹ׃", "text": "*Gozzî nizrēk wəhašlîkî ûśəʾî* upon-*šəpāyim qînāh kî māʾas YHWH wayyiṭṭōš ʾet-dôr ʿebrātô*.", "grammar": { "*Gozzî*": "qal imperative feminine singular - cut off", "*nizrēk*": "masculine singular noun with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your consecrated hair/crown", "*wəhašlîkî*": "hiphil imperative feminine singular - and throw away", "*ûśəʾî*": "qal imperative feminine singular - and lift up/raise", "*šəpāyim*": "masculine plural noun - bare heights/hills", "*qînāh*": "feminine singular noun - lamentation/dirge", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*māʾas*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he has rejected", "*YHWH*": "divine name - YHWH", "*wayyiṭṭōš*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with vav consecutive - and he has forsaken", "*ʾet-dôr*": "direct object marker + masculine singular noun construct - the generation of", "*ʿebrātô*": "feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his wrath" }, "variants": { "*gozzî*": "cut off/shear/shave", "*nēzer*": "consecrated hair/crown/dedication", "*hašlîkî*": "throw away/cast off/discard", "*śəʾî*": "lift up/raise/bear", "*šəpāyim*": "bare heights/hills/high places", "*qînāh*": "lamentation/dirge/funeral song", "*māʾas*": "rejected/refused/despised", "*wayyiṭṭōš*": "forsaken/abandoned/cast off", "*dôr*": "generation/age/period", "*ʿebrāh*": "wrath/fury/overflow of anger" } }
• Ezek 8:4-6 : 4 { "verseID": "Ezekiel.8.4", "source": "וְהִ֨נֵּה־שָׁ֔ם כְּב֖וֹד אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כַּמַּרְאֶ֕ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר רָאִ֖יתִי בַּבִּקְעָֽה׃", "text": "And *hinnēh*-there *kəbôd* *ʾĕlōhê* *yiśrāʾēl* like the *marʾeh* which *rāʾîtî* in the *biqʿâ*.", "grammar": { "*hinnēh*": "demonstrative particle - behold/look", "*kəbôd*": "masculine singular construct noun - glory of", "*ʾĕlōhê*": "masculine plural construct noun - God of", "*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel", "*marʾeh*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the appearance", "*rāʾîtî*": "1st person singular qal perfect - I saw", "*biqʿâ*": "feminine singular noun with definite article - the valley/plain" }, "variants": { "*kəbôd*": "glory/honor/splendor", "*marʾeh*": "appearance/vision/sight", "*biqʿâ*": "valley/plain/broad valley" } } 5 { "verseID": "Ezekiel.8.5", "source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם שָׂא־נָ֥א עֵינֶ֖יךָ דֶּ֣רֶךְ צָפ֑וֹנָה וָאֶשָּׂ֤א עֵינַי֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ צָפ֔וֹנָה וְהִנֵּ֤ה מִצָּפוֹן֙ לְשַׁ֣עַר הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ סֵ֛מֶל הַקִּנְאָ֥ה הַזֶּ֖ה בַּבִּאָֽה׃", "text": "And *wayyōʾmer* to me, *ben*-*ʾādām*, *śāʾ*-*nāʾ* *ʿênêkā* *derek* *ṣāpônâ*; and *wāʾeśśāʾ* *ʿênay* *derek* *ṣāpônâ*, and *hinnēh* from *ṣāpôn* to *šaʿar* the *mizbēaḥ* *sēmel* the *qinʾâ* the *zeh* in the *bîʾâ*.", "grammar": { "*wayyōʾmer*": "waw-consecutive with 3rd masculine singular qal imperfect - and he said", "*ben*": "masculine singular construct noun - son of", "*ʾādām*": "masculine singular noun - man/mankind", "*śāʾ*": "masculine singular qal imperative - lift up", "*nāʾ*": "particle of entreaty - please/now", "*ʿênêkā*": "feminine dual noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your eyes", "*derek*": "masculine singular construct noun - way/direction of", "*ṣāpônâ*": "feminine singular noun with directional heh - northward", "*wāʾeśśāʾ*": "waw-consecutive with 1st person singular qal imperfect - and I lifted up", "*ʿênay*": "feminine dual noun with 1st singular suffix - my eyes", "*hinnēh*": "demonstrative particle - behold/look", "*ṣāpôn*": "masculine singular noun - north", "*šaʿar*": "masculine singular construct noun - gate of", "*mizbēaḥ*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the altar", "*sēmel*": "masculine singular construct noun - image of", "*qinʾâ*": "feminine singular noun with definite article - the jealousy", "*zeh*": "masculine singular demonstrative pronoun with definite article - this", "*bîʾâ*": "feminine singular noun with definite article - the entrance" }, "variants": { "*ben*-*ʾādām*": "son of man/mortal human", "*derek*": "way/direction/road/path", "*sēmel*": "image/statue/idol", "*qinʾâ*": "jealousy/zeal/envy", "*bîʾâ*": "entrance/entry" } } 6 { "verseID": "Ezekiel.8.6", "source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם הֲרֹאֶ֥ה אַתָּ֖ה *מהם **מָ֣ה **הֵ֣ם עֹשִׂ֑ים תּוֹעֵב֨וֹת גְּדֹל֜וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל ׀ עֹשִׂ֣ים פֹּ֗ה לְרָֽחֳקָה֙ מֵעַ֣ל מִקְדָּשִׁ֔י וְעוֹד֙ תָּשׁ֣וּב תִּרְאֶ֔ה תּוֹעֵב֖וֹת גְּדֹלֽוֹת׃ ס", "text": "And *wayyōʾmer* to me, *ben*-*ʾādām*, *hărōʾeh* *ʾattâ* what they *ʿōśîm*? *tôʿēbôt* *gədōlôt* which *bêt*-*yiśrāʾēl* *ʿōśîm* here to *rāḥŏqâ* from upon *miqdāšî*; and yet *tāšûb* *tirʾeh* *tôʿēbôt* *gədōlôt*.", "grammar": { "*wayyōʾmer*": "waw-consecutive with 3rd masculine singular qal imperfect - and he said", "*ben*": "masculine singular construct noun - son of", "*ʾādām*": "masculine singular noun - man/mankind", "*hărōʾeh*": "interrogative particle with masculine singular qal participle - are you seeing?", "*ʾattâ*": "2nd masculine singular personal pronoun - you", "*ʿōśîm*": "masculine plural qal participle - doing/making", "*tôʿēbôt*": "feminine plural construct noun - abominations of", "*gədōlôt*": "feminine plural adjective - great", "*bêt*": "masculine singular construct noun - house of", "*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel", "*rāḥŏqâ*": "feminine singular infinitive construct with directional heh - to be far/to distance", "*miqdāšî*": "masculine singular noun with 1st singular suffix - my sanctuary", "*tāšûb*": "2nd masculine singular qal imperfect - you will return/again", "*tirʾeh*": "2nd masculine singular qal imperfect - you will see" }, "variants": { "*ben*-*ʾādām*": "son of man/mortal human", "*tôʿēbôt*": "abominations/detestable things", "*rāḥŏqâ*": "to be far/distance/remove away from", "*miqdāšî*": "my sanctuary/holy place/temple", "*tāšûb*": "you will return/again/continue to" } }
• Ezek 16:16 : 16 { "verseID": "Ezekiel.16.16", "source": "וַתִּקְחִ֣י מִבְּגָדַ֗יִךְ וַתַּֽעֲשִׂי־לָךְ֙ בָּמ֣וֹת טְלֻא֔וֹת וַתִּזְנִ֖י עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם לֹ֥א בָא֖וֹת וְלֹ֥א יִהְיֶֽה׃", "text": "*wa-tiqḥî* *mi-bbəgādayiḵ* *wa-taʿăśî*-*lāḵ* *bāmôt* *ṭəluʾôt* *wa-tiznî* *ʿălêhem* *lōʾ* *ḇāʾôt* *wə-lōʾ* *yihyeh*", "grammar": { "*wa-tiqḥî*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 2nd feminine singular - and you took", "*mi-bbəgādayiḵ*": "preposition + masculine plural noun + 2nd feminine singular suffix - from your garments", "*wa-taʿăśî*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 2nd feminine singular - and you made", "*lāḵ*": "preposition + 2nd feminine singular suffix - for yourself", "*bāmôt*": "feminine plural noun - high places", "*ṭəluʾôt*": "qal passive participle, feminine plural - many-colored/patched", "*wa-tiznî*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 2nd feminine singular - and you played the harlot", "*ʿălêhem*": "preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - on them", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*ḇāʾôt*": "qal participle, feminine plural - coming", "*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not", "*yihyeh*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will be" }, "variants": { "*bāmôt*": "high places/shrines/platforms", "*ṭəluʾôt*": "many-colored/patched/diverse", "*lōʾ* *ḇāʾôt* *wə-lōʾ* *yihyeh*": "not coming and not being/such things should not come and should not be/unprecedented and should not happen (difficult idiom)" } }
• 1 Kgs 11:3 : 3 { "verseID": "1 Kings.11.3", "source": "וַיְהִי־ל֣וֹ נָשִׁ֗ים שָׂרוֹת֙ שְׁבַ֣ע מֵא֔וֹת וּפִֽלַגְשִׁ֖ים שְׁלֹ֣שׁ מֵא֑וֹת וַיַּטּ֥וּ נָשָׁ֖יו אֶת־לִבּֽוֹ׃", "text": "And-*wayehī*-to-him *nāshīm* *sārōt* seven *mēʾōt* and-*pīlaghshīm* three *mēʾōt*; and-*wayyaṭṭū* his-*nāshāyw* *ʾet*-his-*libbō*.", "grammar": { "*wayehī*": "verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and it was/became", "*nāshīm*": "noun, feminine, plural, absolute - women/wives", "*sārōt*": "noun, feminine, plural, absolute - princesses/nobles", "*mēʾōt*": "noun, feminine, plural, absolute - hundreds", "*pīlaghshīm*": "noun, feminine, plural, absolute - concubines", "*wayyaṭṭū*": "verb, hiphil imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - and they turned aside/inclined", "*nāshāyw*": "noun, feminine, plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his wives", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*libbō*": "noun, masculine, singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his heart" }, "variants": { "*sārōt*": "princesses/noble ladies/royal wives", "*wayyaṭṭū*": "they turned aside/inclined/influenced", "*libbō*": "heart/mind/inner self" } }
• 2 Kgs 23:13 : 13 { "verseID": "2 Kings.23.13", "source": "וְֽאֶת־הַבָּמ֞וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם אֲשֶׁר֮ מִימִ֣ין לְהַר־הַמַּשְׁחִית֒ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּ֠נָה שְׁלֹמֹ֨ה מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל לְעַשְׁתֹּ֣רֶת ׀ שִׁקֻּ֣ץ צִידֹנִ֗ים וְלִכְמוֹשׁ֙ שִׁקֻּ֣ץ מוֹאָ֔ב וּלְמִלְכֹּ֖ם תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת בְּנֵֽי־עַמּ֑וֹן טִמֵּ֖א הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃", "text": "And-*ʾeṯ*-the-*bāmôṯ* which [were] on-*pənê* *yərûšālaim* which [were] from-right to-*har*-the-*mašḥîṯ* which *bānāh* *šəlōmōh* king-of-*yiśrāʾēl* for-*ʿaštōreṯ* *šiqqūṣ* *ṣîḏōnîm* and-for-*kəmôš* *šiqqūṣ* *môʾāḇ* and-for-*milkōm* *tôʿăḇaṯ* *bənê*-*ʿammôn* *ṭimmēʾ* the-king.", "grammar": { "*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker", "*bāmôṯ*": "feminine plural noun - high places", "*pənê*": "construct masculine plural noun - faces of", "*yərûšālaim*": "proper noun - Jerusalem", "*har*": "masculine singular noun - mountain/hill", "*mašḥîṯ*": "Hiphil participle as noun - destruction/corruption", "*bānāh*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he built", "*šəlōmōh*": "proper noun - Solomon", "*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel", "*ʿaštōreṯ*": "proper noun - Ashtoreth (goddess)", "*šiqqūṣ*": "masculine singular construct noun - detestable thing of", "*ṣîḏōnîm*": "proper noun, plural - Sidonians", "*kəmôš*": "proper noun - Chemosh (god)", "*môʾāḇ*": "proper noun - Moab", "*milkōm*": "proper noun - Milkom/Molech (god)", "*tôʿăḇaṯ*": "feminine singular construct noun - abomination of", "*bənê*": "masculine plural construct noun - sons/children of", "*ʿammôn*": "proper noun - Ammon", "*ṭimmēʾ*": "Piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he defiled/made unclean" }, "variants": { "*bāmôṯ*": "high places/shrines/cult platforms", "*pənê*": "face/surface/before/in front of", "*har*-the-*mašḥîṯ*": "Mount of Destruction/Mount of Corruption/Mount of Olives", "*šiqqūṣ*": "detestable thing/abomination/idol", "*tôʿăḇaṯ*": "abomination/detestable thing", "*ṭimmēʾ*": "defiled/made unclean/desecrated" } }
• Prov 7:11 : 11 { "verseID": "Proverbs.7.11", "source": "הֹמִיָּ֣ה הִ֣יא וְסֹרָ֑רֶת בְּ֝בֵיתָ֗הּ לֹא־יִשְׁכְּנ֥וּ רַגְלֶֽיהָ׃", "text": "*hōmîyyāh* *hîʾ* and *sōrāreṯ*; in her *bêṯāh* not *yiškĕnû* her *raḡlêhā*.", "grammar": { "*hōmîyyāh*": "adjective, feminine singular - noisy/tumultuous/boisterous", "*hîʾ*": "pronoun, 3rd person feminine singular - she", "*sōrāreṯ*": "adjective, feminine singular - stubborn/rebellious", "*bêṯāh*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her house", "*yiškĕnû*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they settle/dwell/stay", "*raḡlêhā*": "noun, feminine dual construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her feet" }, "variants": { "*hōmîyyāh*": "noisy/tumultuous/boisterous/clamorous", "*sōrāreṯ*": "stubborn/rebellious/defiant" } }
• Prov 23:28 : 28 { "verseID": "Proverbs.23.28", "source": "אַף־הִ֭יא כְּחֶ֣תֶף תֶּֽאֱרֹ֑ב וּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗ים בְּאָדָ֥ם תּוֹסִֽף׃", "text": "Also she like *ḥeṯep̄ teʾěrōḇ*, and *ḇôḡǝḏîm* among *ʾāḏām tôsîp̄*.", "grammar": { "*ḥeṯep̄*": "noun, masculine singular - prey/plunder", "*teʾěrōḇ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - lies in wait/ambushes", "*ḇôḡǝḏîm*": "qal participle, masculine plural - treacherous ones/unfaithful men", "*ʾāḏām*": "noun, masculine singular - mankind/humanity", "*tôsîp̄*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - increases/adds to" }, "variants": { "*ḥeṯep̄*": "prey/plunder/robber", "*teʾěrōḇ*": "lies in wait/ambushes/lurks", "*ḇôḡǝḏîm*": "treacherous ones/unfaithful men/traitors", "*tôsîp̄*": "increases/adds to/multiplies" } }
• Jer 2:23 : 23 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.2.23", "source": "אֵ֣יךְ תֹּאמְרִ֞י לֹ֣א נִטְמֵ֗אתִי אַחֲרֵ֤י הַבְּעָלִים֙ לֹ֣א הָלַ֔כְתִּי רְאִ֤י דַרְכֵּךְ֙ בַּגַּ֔יְא דְּעִ֖י מֶ֣ה עָשִׂ֑ית בִּכְרָ֥ה קַלָּ֖ה מְשָׂרֶ֥כֶת דְּרָכֶֽיהָ׃", "text": "*ʾêk* *tōʾmərî* *lōʾ* *niṭmēʾtî* *ʾaḥărê* *habbəʿālîm* *lōʾ* *hālaktî* *rəʾî* *darkēk* *baggayʾ* *dəʿî* *meh* *ʿāśît* *bikrāh* *qallāh* *məśāreket* *dərākêhā*", "grammar": { "*ʾêk*": "interrogative - how", "*tōʾmərî*": "imperfect Qal, 2nd feminine singular - you say", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*niṭmēʾtî*": "perfect Niphal, 1st singular - I am defiled", "*ʾaḥărê*": "preposition - after", "*habbəʿālîm*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the Baals", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*hālaktî*": "perfect Qal, 1st singular - I have gone/walked", "*rəʾî*": "imperative Qal, feminine singular - see", "*darkēk*": "feminine singular noun with 2nd feminine singular suffix - your way", "*baggayʾ*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - in the valley", "*dəʿî*": "imperative Qal, feminine singular - know", "*meh*": "interrogative - what", "*ʿāśît*": "perfect Qal, 2nd feminine singular - you have done", "*bikrāh*": "feminine singular noun - young female camel", "*qallāh*": "adjective, feminine singular - swift/light", "*məśāreket*": "participle Piel, feminine singular - entangling/interlacing", "*dərākêhā*": "feminine plural noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her ways" }, "variants": { "*tōʾmərî*": "you say/claim/assert", "*niṭmēʾtî*": "I am defiled/polluted/unclean", "*bəʿālîm*": "Baals/lords/masters (pagan deities)", "*hālaktî*": "I have gone/walked/followed", "*darkēk*": "your way/path/conduct", "*gayʾ*": "valley/ravine (possibly referring to valley of Hinnom where child sacrifices occurred)", "*ʿāśît*": "you have done/made/committed", "*bikrāh*": "young female camel/young dromedary", "*qallāh*": "swift/light/nimble", "*məśāreket*": "entangling/interlacing/crisscrossing/traversing rapidly" } }
• Ezek 20:28 : 28 { "verseID": "Ezekiel.20.28", "source": "וָאֲבִיאֵם֙ אֶל־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָשָׂ֙אתִי֙ אֶת־יָדִ֔י לָתֵ֥ת אוֹתָ֖הּ לָהֶ֑ם וַיִּרְאוּ֩ כָל־גִּבְעָ֨ה רָמָ֜ה וְכָל־עֵ֣ץ עָבֹ֗ת וַיִּזְבְּחוּ־שָׁ֤ם אֶת־זִבְחֵיהֶם֙ וַיִּתְּנוּ־שָׁם֙ כַּ֣עַס קָרְבָּנָ֔ם וַיָּשִׂ֣ימוּ שָׁ֗ם רֵ֚יחַ נִיח֣וֹחֵיהֶ֔ם וַיַּסִּ֥יכוּ שָׁ֖ם אֶת־נִסְכֵּיהֶֽם", "text": "And *ʾăbîʾēm* to the *ʾāreṣ* which *nāśāʾtî* my *yādî* to give it to them, and they *yirʾû* every *gibʿāh rāmāh* and every *ʿēṣ ʿābōt* and they *yizbəḥû* there their *zibḥêhem* and they *yittənû* there the *kaʿas* of their *qorbānām* and they *yāśîmû* there the *rêaḥ* of their *nîḥôḥêhem* and they *yassîkû* there their *niskêhem*", "grammar": { "*wā-ʾăbîʾēm*": "conjunction + Hiphil imperfect 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and I brought them", "*ʾel-hā-ʾāreṣ*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - to the land", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which", "*nāśāʾtî*": "Qal perfect 1st person singular - I lifted/raised", "*ʾet-yādî*": "direct object marker + noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my hand", "*lātēt*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to give", "*ʾôtāh*": "direct object marker with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - it", "*lāhem*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to them", "*wa-yirʾû*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they saw", "*kol-gibʿāh*": "noun, masculine singular construct + noun, feminine singular - every hill", "*rāmāh*": "adjective, feminine singular - high", "*wə-kol-ʿēṣ*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct + noun, masculine singular - and every tree", "*ʿābōt*": "adjective, masculine singular - leafy, thick", "*wa-yizbəḥû*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they sacrificed", "*šām*": "adverb - there", "*ʾet-zibḥêhem*": "direct object marker + noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their sacrifices", "*wa-yittənû*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they gave", "*šām*": "adverb - there", "*kaʿas*": "noun, masculine singular construct - provocation of", "*qorbānām*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their offering", "*wa-yāśîmû*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they placed", "*šām*": "adverb - there", "*rêaḥ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - fragrance of", "*nîḥôḥêhem*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their soothing aroma", "*wa-yassîkû*": "conjunction + Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they poured out", "*šām*": "adverb - there", "*ʾet-niskêhem*": "direct object marker + noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their drink offerings" }, "variants": { "*ʾăbîʾēm*": "I brought them, I led them", "*nāśāʾtî yādî*": "lifted my hand (idiom for swearing an oath)", "*gibʿāh rāmāh*": "high hill (often a place of pagan worship)", "*ʿēṣ ʿābōt*": "leafy/thick tree (often associated with pagan worship)", "*yizbəḥû*": "sacrificed, slaughtered ritually", "*zibḥêhem*": "their sacrifices, their offerings", "*kaʿas qorbānām*": "provocation of their offering (offerings that provoke anger)", "*rêaḥ nîḥôḥêhem*": "fragrance of their soothing aroma (ritual term for acceptable sacrifice)", "*yassîkû*": "poured out, offered libations", "*niskêhem*": "their drink offerings, their libations" } }
• Luke 16:23 : 23 { "verseID": "Luke.16.23", "source": "Καὶ ἐν τῷ ᾅδῃ ἐπάρας τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ, ὑπάρχων ἐν βασάνοις, ὁρᾷ τὸν Ἀβραὰμ ἀπὸ μακρόθεν, καὶ Λάζαρον ἐν τοῖς κόλποις αὐτοῦ.", "text": "And in the *hadē eparas tous ophthalmous* of him, *hyparchōn* in *basanois*, *hora ton Abraam* from *makrothen*, and *Lazaron* in the *kolpois* of him.", "grammar": { "*hadē*": "dative singular masculine - hades", "*eparas*": "aorist active participle, nominative singular masculine - having lifted up", "*tous ophthalmous*": "accusative plural masculine - the eyes", "*hyparchōn*": "present active participle, nominative singular masculine - being/existing", "*basanois*": "dative plural feminine - torments/tortures", "*hora*": "present active indicative, 3rd singular - sees", "*ton Abraam*": "accusative singular masculine - Abraham", "*makrothen*": "adverb - from afar/at a distance", "*Lazaron*": "accusative singular masculine - Lazarus", "*kolpois*": "dative plural masculine - bosoms/embraces" }, "variants": { "*hadē*": "hades/the realm of the dead", "*eparas*": "having lifted up/having raised", "*ophthalmous*": "eyes", "*hyparchōn*": "being/existing/finding himself", "*basanois*": "torments/tortures/agonies", "*hora*": "sees/perceives/beholds", "*makrothen*": "from afar/at a distance/far away", "*kolpois*": "bosom/embrace [metaphor for place of honor/comfort]" } }