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Well-fedמְיֻזָּנִיםhorsesסוּסִיםin heatמַשְׁכִּיםthey have become;הָיוּeachאִישׁneighsיִצְהָלוּafterאֶלhis neighbor’sרֵעֵהוּwife.אֵשֶׁת
Jeremiah 5:8
Study it in the app“Well-fed horses in heat they have become; each neighs after his neighbor’s wife.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 5:8, word by word
- Well-fedמְיֻזָּנִיםmeyuzanim
feed well
To feed well, to fatten. It is said of well-fed horses.
Where else “meyuzanim” appears- horsesסוּסִיםsusim
horse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “susim” appears- in heatמַשְׁכִּיםmashkim
roam
To roam in heat, to go after a mate with desire. A rare word of uncertain sense.
Where else “mashkim” appears- they have becomeהָיוּhayu
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayu” appears- eachאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- neighsיִצְהָלוּyitshalu
neigh
Neigh, like a horse.
Where else “yitshalu” appears- his neighbor’sרֵעֵree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears- wifeאֵשֶׁתeshet
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “eshet” appears
The context
7“Why should I pardon you for this? Your children have forsaken me and sworn by what is not Elohim. I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and at the house of a prostitute they crowded together.
8 · This verse (above)
9Shall I not punish for these things? declares YHWH, And on a nation such as this shall my soul not avenge itself?