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And Iוְאָנֹכִיplanted youנְטַעְתִּיךְa choice vine,שֹׂרֵקall of itכֻּלֹּהtrueאֱמֶתseed;זֶרַעand howוְאֵיךְhave you turnedנֶהְפַּכְתְּfor meלִיinto degenerate shootsסוּרֵיof a foreignנָכְרִיָּהvine?הַגֶּפֶן
Jeremiah 2:21
Study it in the app“And I planted you a choice vine, all of it true seed; and how have you turned for me into degenerate shoots of a foreign vine?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 2:21, word by word
- planted youנְטַעְתִּיnetati
plant
Plant; set firmly.
Where else “netati” appears- a choice vineשֹׂרֵקsorek
choice vine
Choice vine, bearing red grapes.
Where else “sorek” appears- trueאֱמֶתemet
truth
What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.
Where else “emet” appears- seedזֶרַעzera
seed
What is sown to sprout: grains and seeds of plants.
Where else “zera” appears- have you turnedנֶהְפַּכְתְּnehpacht
change
To change something into something else.
Where else “nehpacht” appears- into degenerate shootsסוּרֵיsure
degenerate
Degenerate: a vine shoot that has gone bad.
Where else “sure” appears- of a foreignנָכְרִיָּהnachriya
foreign, stranger
Foreign, strange; a foreigner, someone outside the family.
Where else “nachriya” appears- vineגֶּפֶןgefen
vine
Vine: the plant that bears grapes.
Where else “gefen” appears
The context
20For long ago you broke your yoke, you tore off your bonds, and you said, ‘I will not serve!’ For on every high hill and under every leafy tree you lay down, a prostitute.
21 · This verse (above)
22Even if you wash yourself with soda and use much lye, your iniquity is stained before me, declares Adonai YHWH.