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IsהַIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלa slave?עֶבֶדOrאִםis heהוּאborn in the house?יְלִיד בַּיִתWhyמַדּוּעַhas he becomeהָיָהplunder?לָבַז
Jeremiah 2:14
Study it in the app“Is Israel a slave? Or is he born in the house? Why has he become plunder?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 2:14, word by word
- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- a slaveעֶבֶדeved
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “eved” appears- born in the houseיְלִידyelid
home-born
The servant who was born in the master's house and belongs to the household.
Where else “yelid” appears- born in the houseבַּיִתbayit
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bayit” appears- Whyמַדּוּעַmadua
why?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appears- has he becomeהָיָהhaya
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “haya” appears- plunderבַזvaz
plunder, booty
Plunder: what the victor carries off from the defeated.
Where else “vaz” appears
The context
13For two evils my people has done: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, to hew out for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold the water.
14 · This verse (above)
15Against him young lions roar, they have raised their voice, and they have made his land a horror; his cities are burned, without inhabitant.