Jeremiah 17:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּזְכֹּ֤ר בְּנֵיהֶם֙ מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֔ם וַאֲשֵׁרֵיהֶ֖ם עַל־עֵ֣ץ רַֽעֲנָ֑ן עַ֖ל גְּבָע֥וֹת הַגְּבֹהֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

While-kizkōr bĕnêhem mizbĕḥôtām and-ʾăšērêhem upon-ʿēṣ raʿănān upon gĕbāʿôt haggĕbōhôt

Grammar Details

*kizkōr*: infinitive construct with preposition - as/when remembering
*bĕnêhem*: masculine plural noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their children
*mizbĕḥôtām*: masculine plural noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their altars
*ʾăšērêhem*: feminine plural noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their Asherim/sacred poles
*ʿēṣ*: noun, masculine singular - tree
*raʿănān*: adjective, masculine singular - luxuriant/green/leafy
*gĕbāʿôt*: feminine plural noun - hills
*haggĕbōhôt*: definite article + feminine plural adjective - the high

Word Meanings

*kizkōr*: remembering/recalling
*ʾăšērêhem*: Asherim/Asherah poles/sacred trees
*raʿănān*: green/luxuriant/leafy/flourishing

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 24:18 : 18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
Jer 2:20 : 20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
Jer 7:18 : 18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
2 Chr 33:3 : 3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
Isa 1:29 : 29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
Isa 17:8 : 8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.
Judg 3:7 : 7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
2 Chr 33:19 : 19 His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.
Ps 78:58 : 58 For they provoked him to anger{H8686)} with their high places, and moved him to jealousy{H8686)} with their graven images.
Ezek 20:28 : 28 For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.
Hos 4:13-14 : 13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery. 14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.

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