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How longעַד מָתַיwill you wander here and there,תִּתְחַמָּקִיןfaithlessהַשּׁוֹבֵבָהdaughter?הַבַּתForכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhas createdבָרָאa new thingחֲדָשָׁהin the land:בָּאָרֶץa womanנְקֵבָהwill surroundתְּסוֹבֵבa man.”גָּבֶר
Jeremiah 31:22
Study it in the app“How 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 31:22, word by word
- How longמָתַיmatay
when?
When? How long?
Where else “matay” appears- will you wander here and thereתִּתְחַמָּקִיtitchamaki
wander
To roam aimlessly, back and forth.
Where else “titchamaki” appears- faithlessשּׁוֹבֵבָהshoveva
turning away, faithless
Turning away, faithless: one who leaves the right path.
Where else “shoveva” appears- daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- 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- has createdבָרָאvara
create
To bring something new into being; only God does this.
Where else “vara” appears- a new thingחֲדָשָׁהchadasha
new
New.
Where else “chadasha” appears- in the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- a womanנְקֵבָהnekeva
female
Female; a woman, or a female animal.
Where else “nekeva” appears- will surroundתְּסוֹבֵבtesovev
surround
To enclose someone or something on every side.
Where else “tesovev” appears- a manגָּבֶרgaver
man
Man, a grown man in his strength.
Where else “gaver” appears
Translation note
A brief and obscure phrase. It may mean that the woman (Israel) will seek and embrace the man (her Elohim), the reverse of what is customary; the text says no more.
The context
21Set 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.
22 · This verse (above)
23Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: “Once more they will say this word in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I bring back their captivity: ‘May YHWH bless you, dwelling of righteousness, mountain of holiness.’