Study it in the app““And when we burn incense to the queen of the heavens and pour out libations to her, was it without our husbands that we made for her cakes to make her image and poured out libations to her?””
“And whenוְכִיweאֲנַחְנוּburn incenseמְקַטְּרִיםto the queenלִמְלֶכֶתof the heavensהַשָּׁמַיִםand pour outוּלְהַסֵּךְlibationsנְסָכִיםto her,לָהּwas itהֲwithoutמִבַּלְעֲדֵיour husbandsאֲנָשֵׁינוּthat we madeעָשִׂינוּfor herלָהּcakesכַּוָּנִיםto make her imageלְהַעֲצִבָהand poured outוְהַסֵּךְlibationsנְסָכִיםto her?”לָהּ
burn incense
To offer fragrant smoke to YHWH or other gods.
Where else “mekatrim” appearsqueen
Queen. In Jeremiah, "the queen of the heavens" is a goddess the people worshiped.
Where else “melechet” appearssky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appearspour out
To offer wine or water by emptying it before God.
Where else “hasech” appearslibation
Wine or other drink poured as an offering.
Where else “nesachim” appearsexcept
Except, besides, apart from.
Where else “balade” appearshusband
Literally "her man": the one married to her.
Where else “anashe” appearsprepare
To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.
Where else “asinu” appearscake
A cake prepared as an offering (to the queen of the heavens).
Where else “kavanim” appearsshape
To shape with the hands, as a potter does with clay.
Where else “haatsiva” appears“To make her image”: cakes with the figure of the goddess; cf. 7:18.
18But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of the heavens and pouring out libations to her, we have lacked everything, and by the sword and by famine we have come to an end.”
19 · This verse (above)
20And Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and to the women and to all the people who had answered him with that word, saying,
