Jeremiah

Jeremiah 2:24–25

24a wild donkey at home in the wilderness,

sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire.

Who can restrain her passion?

All who seek her need not weary themselves;

in mating season they will find her.

25You should have kept your feet from going bare

and your throat from being thirsty.

But you said, ‘It is hopeless!

For I love foreign gods,

and I must go after them.’

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Jeremiah 2:24

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
a wild donkeyפֶּ֣רֶה׀pe·rehNoun - masculine singularH6501 wild ass
at home inלִמֻּ֣דlim·muḏAdjective - masculine singular constructH3928 taught
the wildernessמִדְבָּ֗רmiḏ·bārNoun - masculine singularH4057 mouth
sniffingשָׁאֲפָ֣הšā·’ă·p̄āhVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singularH7602 gasp, pant, pant after, long for
the windר֔וּחַrū·aḥNoun - common singularH7307 breath, wind, spirit
in the heatתַּאֲנָתָ֖הּta·’ă·nā·ṯāhNoun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singularH8385 occasion, time of copulation
of herנַפְשׁוֹnap̄·šōNoun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singularH5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
desireבְּאַוַּ֤תbə·’aw·waṯPreposition-b; Noun - feminine singular constructH185 desire
Whoמִ֣יmîInterrogativeH4310 who?
can restrain her passionיְשִׁיבֶ֑נָּהyə·šî·ḇen·nāhVerb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person feminine singularH7725 turn back, return
Allכָּל־kāl-Noun - masculine singular constructH3605 the whole, all
who seek herמְבַקְשֶׁ֙יהָ֙mə·ḇaq·še·hāVerb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singularH1245 seek
need notלֹ֣אlōAdverb - Negative particleH3808 not
weary themselvesיִיעָ֔פוּyî·‘ā·p̄ūVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralH3286 be weary, faint
in mating seasonבְּחָדְשָׁ֖הּbə·ḥā·ḏə·šāhPreposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singularH2320 (newness), new moon, month
they will find herיִמְצָאֽוּנְהָ׃yim·ṣā·’ū·nə·hāVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; third person feminine singular, Paragogic nunH4672 attain to, find

Jeremiah 2:25

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
You should have keptמִנְעִ֤יmin·‘îVerb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singularH4513 withhold, hold back
your feetרַגְלֵךְ֙raḡ·lêḵNoun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singularH7272 foot
from going bareמִיָּחֵ֔ףmî·yā·ḥêp̄Preposition-m; Adjective - masculine singularH3182 barefoot
and your throatוְגוֹרְנֵךְwə·ḡō·rə·nēḵConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singularH1637 threshing-floor
from being thirstyמִצִּמְאָ֑הmiṣ·ṣim·’āhPreposition-m; Noun - feminine singularH6773 parched condition
But you saidוַתֹּאמְרִ֣יwat·tō·mə·rîConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singularH559 utter, say
It is hopelessנוֹאָ֔שׁnō·w·’āšVerb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singularH2976 despair
Forכִּֽי־kî-ConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
I loveאָהַ֥בְתִּי’ā·haḇ·tîVerb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularH157 love
foreignזָרִ֖יםzā·rîmAdjective - masculine pluralH2114 be a stranger
and I must go afterוְאַחֲרֵיהֶ֥םwə·’a·ḥă·rê·hemConjunctive waw; Preposition; third person masculine pluralH310 behind
themאֵלֵֽךְ׃’ê·lêḵVerb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularH1980 go, come, walk

Cross-references

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Jeremiah 2:24 Jeremiah 14:6

Jeremiah 2:25 Deuteronomy 32:16 · Romans 8:24 · Jeremiah 3:13 · Jeremiah 18:12 · Jeremiah 13:22 · Lamentations 4:4 · Isaiah 2:6 · 2 Chronicles 28:22 · Jeremiah 14:10 · Isaiah 57:10 · Deuteronomy 28:48 · Isaiah 20:2–4

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.