Jeremiah 2:23 Go deeper
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How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways; (KJV)
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אֵ֣יךְ'eikhhow?
Lemma: אֵיךְ (ekh) · Strong's: H0349A
Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)
Meaning: how?
Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 26:9, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 44:8, Genesis 44:34, Exodus 6:12, Exodus 6:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0349A; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:23 word 1
תֹּאמְרִ֞יtom.Riwill you say
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqi2fs)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:23 word 2
לֹ֣אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:23 word 3
נִטְמֵ֗אתִיnit.Me.tiI have made myself unclean
Lemma: טָמֵא (ta.me) · Strong's: H2930A
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVNp1cs)
Meaning: to defile
Used 162 times. Also: Genesis 34:5, Genesis 34:13, Genesis 34:27, Leviticus 5:3, Leviticus 11:24, Leviticus 11:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2930A; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:23 word 4
אַחֲרֵ֤י'a.cha.Reiafter
Lemma: אַחַר (a.char) · Strong's: H0310A
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HAcmpc)
Meaning: after
Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0310A; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:23 word 5
הַבְּעָלִים֙ha.be.'a.Limthe Baals
Lemma: בַּעַל (ba.al) · Strong's: H1168A
Parsing: Noun · Title · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNtmpa)
Meaning: Baal
Used 76 times. Also: Judges 2:11, Judges 2:13, Judges 3:7, Judges 6:25, Judges 6:28, Judges 6:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1168A; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:23 word 6
לֹ֣אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:23 word 7
הָלַ֔כְתִּיha.Lakh.tiI have walked
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980N
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to go: follow
Used 81 times. Also: Genesis 24:5, Genesis 24:8, Genesis 24:39, Genesis 24:61, Genesis 32:19, Genesis 37:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980N; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:23 word 8
רְאִ֤יre.'Iconsider
Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqv2fs)
Meaning: to see: see
Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:23 word 9
דַרְכֵּךְ֙dar.keKhconduct your
Lemma: דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) · Strong's: H1870L
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: way: journey
Used 155 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 24:21, Genesis 24:27, Genesis 24:40, Genesis 24:42, Genesis 24:48 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1870L; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:23 word 10
בַּגַּ֔יְאba.Gay'in the valley
Lemma: גַּיְא (gay) · Strong's: H1516R
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: valley
Used 29 times. Also: Numbers 21:20, Deuteronomy 3:29, Deuteronomy 4:46, Deuteronomy 34:6, Joshua 8:11, 1 Samuel 17:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1516R; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:23 word 11
דְּעִ֖יde.'Irecognize
Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqv2fs)
Meaning: to know
Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:23 word 12
מֶ֣הmehwhat?
Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: what?
Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:23 word 13
עָשִׂ֑ית'a.Sithave you done
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqp2fs)
Meaning: to make: do
Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:23 word 14
בִּכְרָ֥הbikh.Raha young camel
Lemma: בִּכְרָה (bikh.rah) · Strong's: H1072
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: young camel
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1072; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:23 word 15
קַלָּ֖הka.Lahswift
Lemma: קַל (qal) · Strong's: H7031
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)
Meaning: swift
Used 13 times. Also: 2 Samuel 2:18, Job 24:18, Ecclesiastes 9:11, Isaiah 5:26, Isaiah 18:2, Isaiah 19:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7031; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:23 word 16
מְשָׂרֶ֥כֶתme.sa.Re.khetentwining
Lemma: שָׂרַךְ (sa.rakh) · Strong's: H8308
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVprfsa)
Meaning: to twist
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8308; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:23 word 17
דְּרָכֶֽיהָ\׃de.ra.Khei.hapaths its
Lemma: דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) · Strong's: H1870L
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: way: journey
Used 155 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 24:21, Genesis 24:27, Genesis 24:40, Genesis 24:42, Genesis 24:48 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1870L; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:23 word 18
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| How | → | אֵיךְ H0349A how? |
| can you say | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| I am not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| defiled | → | טָמֵא H2930A to defile |
| I have not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| run | → | הָלַךְ H1980N to go: follow |
| after | → | אַחַר H0310A after |
| the Baals | → | בַּעַל H1168A Baal |
| Look | → | רָאָה H7200G to see: see |
| at your behavior | → | דֶּ֫רֶךְ H1870L way: journey |
| in the valley | → | גַּיְא H1516R valley |
| acknowledge | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
| what | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| you have done | → | עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do |
| You are a swift | → | קַל H7031 swift |
| young she-camel | → | בִּכְרָה H1072 young camel |
| galloping here and there | → | שָׂרַךְ H8308 to twist |
| . . . | → | דֶּ֫רֶךְ H1870L way: journey |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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