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And the showersרְבִבִיםhave been withheld,וַיִּמָּנְעוּand there has beenהָיָהnoלוֹאlate rain;וּמַלְקוֹשׁyet the foreheadוּמֵצַחof a prostituteזוֹנָהwomanאִשָּׁהyou have had;הָיָה לָךְyou refusedמֵאַנְתְּto be ashamed.הִכָּלֵם
Jeremiah 3:3
Study it in the app“And the showers have been withheld, and there has been no late rain; yet the forehead of a prostitute woman you have had; you refused to be ashamed.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 3:3, word by word
- And the showersרְבִבִיםrevivim
heavy showers
Heavy showers, abundant rain.
Where else “revivim” appears- have been withheldיִּמָּנְעוּyimanu
withhold
Withhold, refuse, hold back.
Where else “yimanu” appears- and there has beenהָיָהhaya
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “haya” appears- late rainמַלְקוֹשׁmalkosh
late rain
Late rain: the spring rain that ripens the grain.
Where else “malkosh” appears- yet the foreheadמֵצַחmetsach
forehead
Forehead.
Where else “metsach” appears- of a prostituteזוֹנָהzona
prostitute oneself
To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.
Where else “zona” appears- womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- you refusedמֵאַנְתְּmeant
refuse
Refuse, be unwilling.
Where else “meant” appears- to be ashamedהִכָּלֵםhikalem
be ashamed, humiliate
Put to shame, humiliate; be put to shame.
Where else “hikalem” appears
The context
2Lift up your eyes to the bare heights and see: where have you not been lain with? By the roads you sat for them like an Arab in the wilderness, and you defiled the land with your prostitutions and with your evil.
3 · This verse (above)
4Have you not just now called to me, ‘My father, you are the companion of my youth!