Jeremiah 3:6

“And YHWH said to me in the days of King Josiah, “Have you seen what apostate Israel has done? She went up on every high mountain and under every leafy tree, and prostituted herself there.”

Jeremiah 3:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 3:6, word by word

And YHWHיְהוָהyehva

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 “yehva” appears
saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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in the daysימֵיyme

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

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of Kingמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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Josiahיֹאשִׁיָּהוּyoshiyahu

Josiah

Josiah: a name that, according to the lexicon, means "founded by Yah." He is the king of Judah announced by name in 1 Kings 13:2, who reigned about three hundred years later (2 Kings 22–23); a man in Zechariah 6:10 is also called this.

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“Have you seenרָאִיתָraita

see

To see with one's eyes.

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apostateמְשֻׁבָהmeshuva

turning away, faithlessness

Turning away, going astray from the right path; also faithlessness or rebellion against God.

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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.

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has doneעָשְׂתָהasta

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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She wentהֹלְכָהholcha

go

To move on foot from place to place; to set out.

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highגָּבֹהַּgavoha

tall

Rising far above the ground: a mountain, a wall, a tree, a horn.

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mountainהַרhar

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

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leafyרַעֲנָןraanan

green, leafy

Green, leafy: full of leaves; also fresh, flourishing.

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treeעֵץets

tree

A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.

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and prostituted herselfתִּזְנִיtizni

be unfaithful

To be unfaithful to YHWH by going after other gods.

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The context

5Will he keep it forever? Will he retain it to the end?’ Look, so you have spoken, but you have done evil things and have had your way.

6 · This verse (above)

7And I said, ‘After she has done all these things she will return to me’; but she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

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