Oh thatמִיI hadיִתְּנֵנִיin the wildernessבַמִּדְבָּרa lodging placeמְלוֹןfor travelers,אֹרְחִיםthat I might leaveוְאֶעֶזְבָהmy peopleאֶת עַמִּיand go awayוְאֵלְכָהfrom them!מֵאִתָּםForכִּיthey are allכֻלָּםadulterers,מְנָאֲפִיםan assemblyעֲצֶרֶתof traitors.בֹּגְדִים
Jeremiah 9:2
Study it in the app“Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place for travelers, that I might leave my people and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of traitors.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 9:2, word by word
- I hadיִתְּנֵyitne
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitne” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- a lodging placeמְלוֹןmelon
lodging place
Lodging place: where travelers spend the night on a journey.
Where else “melon” appears- for travelersאֹרְחִיםorchim
travel
Travel, be on the road; "the traveler" is one who is passing through.
Where else “orchim” appears- that I might leaveאֶעֶזְבָהeezva
leave
To not take something along, or put it in another's care.
Where else “eezva” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- and go awayאֵלְכָהelcha
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “elcha” appears- adulterersמְנָאֲפִיםmenaafim
commit adultery
To sleep with another's spouse.
Where else “menaafim” appears- an assemblyעֲצֶרֶתatseret
assembly
A group of people gathered, though not for a feast.
Where else “atseret” appears- of traitorsבֹּגְדִיםbogdim
act treacherously
Be unfaithful: break one's word or someone's trust.
Where else “bogdim” appears
The context
1Oh that my head were water and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
2 · This verse (above)
3And they bend their tongue, their bow, for falsehood; and not for faithfulness have they grown strong in the land; for from evil to evil they go on, and me they do not know, declares YHWH.