Jeremiah 2:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַעֶ֙בֶד֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אִם־יְלִ֥יד בַּ֖יִת ה֑וּא מַדּ֖וּעַ הָיָ֥ה לָבַֽז׃

Transliteration

Ha-ʿebed Yiśrāʾēl ʾim-yəlîd bayit hûʾ maddûaʿ hāyāh lābaz

Grammar Details

*Ha-ʿebed*: interrogative particle + noun, masculine singular - Is a slave
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*ʾim*-*yəlîd*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - or a home-born slave
*bayit*: noun, masculine singular - house
*hûʾ*: pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - he
*maddûaʿ*: interrogative adverb - why
*hāyāh*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has he become
*lābaz*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - for plunder

Word Meanings

*ʿebed*: slave/servant
*yəlîd*: home-born slave/one born in the house
*bayit*: house/household/home
*maddûaʿ*: why/for what reason
*lābaz*: for plunder/for spoil/for prey

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 4:22 : 22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
Eccl 2:7 : 7 I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
Isa 50:1 : 1 Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
Gen 15:3 : 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

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