Jeremiah 3:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲל֣וֹא מֵעַ֔תָּה *קראתי **קָרָ֥את לִ֖י אָבִ֑י אַלּ֥וּף נְעֻרַ֖י אָֽתָּה׃

Transliteration

hᵃlôʾ from-ʿattâ qārāʾt to-me "ʾāḇî, ʾallûp̄ nᵉʿuray you"?

Grammar Details

• *hᵃlôʾ*: interrogative particle + negative particle - 'have not?'
• *ʿattâ*: adverb - 'now/from now'
• *qārāʾt*: Kethib/Qere: Qal perfect 2nd feminine singular - 'you called'
• *ʾāḇî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'my father'
• *ʾallûp̄*: noun, masculine singular construct - 'friend/companion/chief'
• *nᵉʿuray*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - 'my youth'
• you: pronoun, 2nd masculine singular - 'you'

Word Meanings

• *hᵃlôʾ*: have not/did not/will not
• *ʿattâ*: now/at this time/from now
• *qārāʾt*: you called/cried out/named
• *ʾāḇî*: my father
• *ʾallûp̄*: friend/companion/guide/chief
• *nᵉʿuray*: my youth/young age

Referenced Verses

• Jer 2:2 : 2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
• Jer 3:19 : 19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
• Jer 31:9 : 9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
• Ps 71:17 : 17 O God, thou hast taught{H8765)} me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared{H8686)} thy wondrous works{H8737)}.
• Hos 2:15 : 15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
• Prov 2:17 : 17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
• Hos 14:1-3 : 1 O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. 2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. 3 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
• Mal 2:14 : 14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
• Ps 119:9 : 9 BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
• Prov 1:4 : 4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
• Ps 48:14 : 14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide{H8762)} even unto death.
• Ps 71:5 : 5 For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
• Jer 31:18-20 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
• 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.