Jeremiah
Jeremiah 3:8
8She sawa that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.
Footnotes
- a 3:8 DSS, one LXX manuscript, and Syriac; MT I saw
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| She saw | וָאֵ֗רֶא | wā·’ê·re | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | H7200 see |
| that | כִּ֤י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| because | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| faithless | מְשֻׁבָ֣ה | mə·šu·ḇāh | Noun - feminine singular | H4878 turning back, apostasy |
| Israel | יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yiś·rā·’êl | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3478 Israel |
| had committed adultery | נִֽאֲפָה֙ | ni·’ă·p̄āh | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular | H5003 commit adultery |
| I gave | וָאֶתֵּ֛ן | wā·’et·tên | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| her | אֶת־ | ’eṯ- | Direct object marker | H853 mark of the accusative |
| a certificate | סֵ֥פֶר | sê·p̄er | Noun - masculine singular construct | H5612 missive, document, writing, book |
| of divorce | כְּרִיתֻתֶ֖יהָ | kə·rî·ṯu·ṯe·hā | Noun - feminine plural construct; third person feminine singular | H3748 divorcement |
| sent her away | שִׁלַּחְתִּ֕יהָ | šil·laḥ·tî·hā | Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular; third person feminine singular | H7971 send |
| Yet | אֵלֶ֑יהָ | ’ê·le·hā | Preposition; third person feminine singular | H413 motion to |
| unfaithful | בֹּֽגֵדָ֤ה | bō·ḡê·ḏāh | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular | H898 act or deal treacherously |
| sister | אֲחוֹתָ֔הּ | ’ă·ḥō·w·ṯāh | Noun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singular | H269 sister |
| Judah | יְהוּדָה֙ | yə·hū·ḏāh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3063 Judah |
| had no | וְלֹ֨א | wə·lō | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| fear | יָֽרְאָ֜ה | yā·rə·’āh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | H3372 fear |
| and prostituted herself | וַתִּ֥זֶן | wat·ti·zen | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | H2181 commit fornication, be a harlot |
| as well | גַּם־ | gam- | Conjunction | H1571 also, moreover, yea |
Cross-references
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Deuteronomy 24:1 · Isaiah 50:1 · Hosea 4:15–17 · Hosea 2:2–3 · 2 Kings 18:9–11 · Hosea 3:4 · 2 Kings 17:6–19 · Deuteronomy 24:3 · Ezekiel 16:47 · Hosea 9:15–17 · Jeremiah 3:1 · Ezekiel 23:11–21
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.