Jeremiah 9:2

“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.”

Jeremiah 9:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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.

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