Study it in the app“Set up for yourself road markers; put up for yourself guideposts; set your heart on the highway, the way by which you went. Return, virgin of Israel, return to these your cities.”
Set upהַצִּיבִיfor yourselfלָךְroad markers;צִיֻּנִיםput upשִׂמִיfor yourselfלָךְguideposts;תַּמְרוּרִיםsetשִׁתִיyour heartלִבֵּךְon the highway,לַמְסִלָּהthe wayדֶּרֶךְby which you went.הָלָכְתְּReturn,שׁוּבִיvirginבְּתוּלַתof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלreturnשֻׁבִיto theseאֶל אֵלֶּהyour cities.עָרַיִךְ
set up
To set something up so that it stays firm, like a pillar or a wall of water.
Where else “hatsivi” appearsmarker
A sign set up to mark a place: the stone that marks a grave (2 Kings 23:17; Ezekiel 39:15) or the post that marks a road (Jeremiah 31:21).
Where else “tsiyunim” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “simi” appearsroad marker
Post, a marker that shows the way.
Where else “tamrurim” appearsput
To station something somewhere; sow enmity.
Where else “shiti” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libe” appearshighway
Highway: a main road, raised and leveled.
Where else “mesila” appearsroad
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appearsgo
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halacht” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuvi” appearsvirgin
Young woman not yet married; virgin.
Where else “betulat” appearsIsrael
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” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arayi” appears“Guideposts” (תַּמְרוּרִים): the same word as “most bitter” in 6:26 and “bitter” in 31:15; here they are markers along the road.
20Is Ephraim a dear son to me, or a child of delight? For as often as I speak of him, I still remember him; therefore my inward parts are stirred for him; I will surely have compassion on him, declares YHWH.
21 · This verse (above)
22How long will you wander here and there, faithless daughter? For YHWH has created a new thing in the land: a woman will surround a man.”
