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Alsoגַּםon your skirtsבִּכְנָפַיִךְis foundנִמְצְאוּthe bloodדַּםof the soulsנַפְשׁוֹתof the innocentנְקִיִּיםneedy;אֶבְיוֹנִיםnotלֹאbreaking inבַמַּחְתֶּרֶתdid I find them,מְצָאתִיםbutכִּיon allעַל כָּלthese.אֵלֶּה
Jeremiah 2:34
Study it in the app“Also on your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent needy; not breaking in did I find them, but on all these.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 2:34, word by word
- on your skirtsכְנָפַיִchenafayi
edge
Literally "wing": the flap of a cloak, or the far reaches of the earth.
Where else “chenafayi” appears- is foundנִמְצְאוּnimtsu
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “nimtsu” appears- the bloodדַּםdam
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appears- of the soulsנַפְשׁוֹתnafshot
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshot” appears- of the innocentנְקִיִּיםnekiyim
innocent
Without guilt: blood of one who did no wrong.
Where else “nekiyim” appears- needyאֶבְיוֹנִיםevyonim
needy
Needy: one who depends on the help of others.
Where else “evyonim” appears- breaking inמַּחְתֶּרֶתmachteret
breaking in
Breaking through a wall to get into a house and steal.
Where else “machteret” appears
Translation note
The end of the verse is difficult in Hebrew. “Breaking in”: a thief caught that way could be killed without guilt (Exodus 22:2); these were not.
The context
33How well you direct your way to seek love! Therefore even the evil women you have taught your ways.
34 · This verse (above)
35And you say, ‘I am innocent; surely his anger has turned from me.’ Look, I will enter into judgment with you because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’