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as their childrenבְּנֵיהֶםrememberכִּזְכֹּרtheir altarsמִזְבְּחוֹתָםand their Asherahsוַאֲשֵׁרֵיהֶםbeside the flourishingעַל רַעֲנָןtree,עֵץon the highהַגְּבֹהוֹתhills.עַל גְּבָעוֹת
Jeremiah 17:2
Study it in the app“as their children remember their altars and their Asherahs beside the flourishing tree, on the high hills.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 17:2, word by word
- as their childrenבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- rememberזְכֹּרzekor
remember
To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
Where else “zekor” appears- their altarsמִזְבְּחוֹתָmizbchota
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbchota” appears- and their Asherahsאֲשֵׁרֵיashere
Asherah
Asherah: a Canaanite goddess, and the pole or sacred tree that stood for her beside the altars.
Where else “ashere” appears- beside the flourishingרַעֲנָןraanan
green, leafy
Green, leafy: full of leaves; also fresh, flourishing.
Where else “raanan” appears- treeעֵץets
tree
A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.
Where else “ets” appears- on the highגְּבֹהוֹתgevohot
tall
Rising far above the ground: a mountain, a wall, a tree, a horn.
Where else “gevohot” appears- hillsגְּבָעוֹתgevaot
hill
Hill.
Where else “gevaot” appears
The context
1The sin of Judah is written with a chisel of iron, with a point of diamond; it is engraved on the tablet of their heart and on the horns of your altars,
2 · This verse (above)
3My mountain in the field, your wealth, all your treasures, as plunder I will give, your high places, because of sin, in all your territory.