Jeremiah 3:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהַבֹּ֗שֶׁת אָֽכְלָ֛ה אֶת־יְגִ֥יעַ אֲבוֹתֵ֖ינוּ מִנְּעוּרֵ֑ינוּ אֶת־צֹאנָם֙ וְאֶת־בְּקָרָ֔ם אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם וְאֶת־בְּנוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And-the-bōšet ʾāḵᵉlâ ʾet-yᵉgîaʿ ʾăḇôtênû from-nᵉʿûrênû, ʾet-ṣōʾnām and-ʾet-bᵉqārām, ʾet-bᵉnêhem and-ʾet-bᵉnôtêhem.

Grammar Details

*bōšet*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - 'the shame'
*ʾāḵᵉlâ*: Qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - 'it consumed'
*yᵉgîaʿ*: noun, masculine singular construct - 'labor/toil of'
*ʾăḇôtênû*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person plural suffix - 'our fathers'
*nᵉʿûrênû*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person plural suffix - 'our youth'
*ṣōʾnām*: noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - 'their flocks'
*bᵉqārām*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - 'their herds'
*bᵉnêhem*: noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - 'their sons'
*bᵉnôtêhem*: noun, feminine plural construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - 'their daughters'

Word Meanings

*bōšet*: shame/disgrace/humiliation
*ʾāḵᵉlâ*: it consumed/devoured/ate
*yᵉgîaʿ*: labor/toil/product
*ʾăḇôtênû*: our fathers/ancestors/forefathers
*nᵉʿûrênû*: our youth/young age
*ṣōʾnām*: their flocks/sheep
*bᵉqārām*: their herds/cattle
*bᵉnêhem*: their sons/children
*bᵉnôtêhem*: their daughters

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Referenced Verses

Hos 9:10 : 10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.
Hos 10:6 : 6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
Jer 11:13 : 13 For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.
Ezek 16:61 : 61 Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.
Ezek 16:63 : 63 That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
Hos 2:8 : 8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.

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