And YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto meאֵלַיin the daysבִּימֵיof KingהַמֶּלֶךְJosiah,יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ“Have you seenהֲרָאִיתָwhatאֲשֶׁרapostateמְשֻׁבָהIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלhas done?עָשְׂתָהShe wentהֹלְכָה הִיאup on everyעַל כָּלhighגָּבֹהַּmountainהַרand underוְאֶל תַּחַתeveryכָּלleafyרַעֲנָןtree,עֵץand prostituted herselfוַתִּזְנִיthere.שָׁם
Jeremiah 3:6
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “yomer” appears- in the daysימֵיyme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yme” appears- of Kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- 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.
Where else “yoshiyahu” appears- “Have you seenרָאִיתָraita
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raita” appears- apostateמְשֻׁבָהmeshuva
turning away, faithlessness
Turning away, going astray from the right path; also faithlessness or rebellion against God.
Where else “meshuva” appears- 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.
Where else “yisrael” appears- has doneעָשְׂתָהasta
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asta” appears- She wentהֹלְכָהholcha
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holcha” appears- highגָּבֹהַּgavoha
tall
Rising far above the ground: a mountain, a wall, a tree, a horn.
Where else “gavoha” appears- mountainהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- leafyרַעֲנָןraanan
green, leafy
Green, leafy: full of leaves; also fresh, flourishing.
Where else “raanan” appears- treeעֵץets
tree
A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.
Where else “ets” appears- and prostituted herselfתִּזְנִיtizni
be unfaithful
To be unfaithful to YHWH by going after other gods.
Where else “tizni” appears
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.