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Israel wasיִשְׂרָאֵלholinessקֹדֶשׁto YHWH,לַיהוָהthe firstfruitsרֵאשִׁיתof his harvest;תְּבוּאָתֹהallכָּלwho devoured itאֹכְלָיוincurred guilt;יֶאְשָׁמוּevilרָעָהcameתָּבֹאupon them,אֲלֵיהֶםdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.’”יְהוָה
Jeremiah 2:3
Study it in the app“Israel was holiness to YHWH, the firstfruits of his harvest; all who devoured it incurred guilt; evil came upon them, declares YHWH.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 2:3, word by word
- Israel wasיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
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- holinessקֹדֶשׁkodesh
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kodesh” appears- to YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appears- the firstfruitsרֵאשִׁיתreshit
firstfruits
The earliest part of the harvest, for YHWH.
Where else “reshit” appears- of his harvestתְּבוּאָתֹtevuato
produce
What the land brings forth.
Where else “tevuato” appears- who devoured itאֹכְלָיochlay
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “ochlay” appears- incurred guiltיֶאְשָׁמוּyeshamu
be guilty
Be guilty; bear the guilt of something, and so suffer its punishment.
Where else “yeshamu” appears- evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- cameתָּבֹאtavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavo” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears
The context
2“Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says YHWH: I remember for you the loyal love of your youth, the love of your betrothal, when you walked after me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
3 · This verse (above)
4Hear the word of YHWH, house of Jacob, and all the clans of the house of Israel.