Jeremiah 2:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פֶּ֣רֶה ׀ לִמֻּ֣ד מִדְבָּ֗ר בְּאַוַּ֤ת נפשו נַפְשָׁהּ֙ שָׁאֲפָ֣ה ר֔וּחַ תַּאֲנָתָ֖הּ מִ֣י יְשִׁיבֶ֑נָּה כָּל־מְבַקְשֶׁ֙יהָ֙ לֹ֣א יִיעָ֔פוּ בְּחָדְשָׁ֖הּ יִמְצָאֽוּנְהָ׃

Transliteration

pereʾ limmud midbār bəʾawwat nafšāh šāʾăfāh rûaḥ taʾănātāh mî yəšîbennāh kol-məbaqšêhā lōʾ yîʿāfû bəḥodšāh yimṣāʾûnhā

Grammar Details

*pereʾ*: masculine singular noun - wild donkey
*limmud*: passive participle Pual, masculine singular - accustomed to/taught
*midbār*: masculine singular noun - wilderness/desert
*bəʾawwat*: preposition + construct feminine singular noun - in the desire of
*nafšāh*: feminine singular noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her soul/appetite (Qere, corrected reading)
*šāʾăfāh*: perfect Qal, 3rd feminine singular - she snuffs up/pants after
*rûaḥ*: feminine singular noun - wind/breath
*taʾănātāh*: feminine singular noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her desire/craving
*mî*: interrogative - who
*yəšîbennāh*: imperfect Hiphil, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - can turn her back
*kol*: construct noun - all of
*məbaqšêhā*: masculine plural participle Piel with 3rd feminine singular suffix - those seeking her
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yîʿāfû*: imperfect Qal, 3rd masculine plural - they will weary/tire
*bəḥodšāh*: preposition + masculine singular noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - in her month
*yimṣāʾûnhā*: imperfect Qal, 3rd masculine plural with 3rd feminine singular suffix - they will find her

Word Meanings

*pereʾ*: wild donkey/wild ass
*limmud*: accustomed to/taught/trained
*midbār*: wilderness/desert/wasteland
*ʾawwat*: desire/lust/craving
*nafšāh*: her soul/appetite/desire (textual variant: *nafšô* = his soul or *nafšāh* = her soul)
*šāʾăfāh*: she snuffs up/pants after/eagerly inhales
*rûaḥ*: wind/breath/air
*taʾănātāh*: her desire/craving/lust
*yəšîbennāh*: can turn her back/restrain her/hold her back
*məbaqšêhā*: those seeking her/pursuing her/searching for her
*yîʿāfû*: they will weary/tire/exhaust themselves
*ḥodšāh*: her month/her time of heat/her mating season
*yimṣāʾûnhā*: they will find her/encounter her

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Referenced Verses

Jer 14:6 : 6 And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
Hos 5:15 : 15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
Job 11:12 : 12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
Job 39:5-8 : 5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? 6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. 7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. 8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
Jer 2:27 : 27 Saying 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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