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Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go. (KJV)
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מִנְעִ֤יmin.'Irestrain
Lemma: מָנַע (ma.na) · Strong's: H4513
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqv2fs)
Meaning: to withhold
Used 29 times. Also: Genesis 30:2, Numbers 22:16, Numbers 24:11, 1 Samuel 25:26, 1 Samuel 25:34, 2 Samuel 13:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4513; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:25 word 1
רַגְלֵךְ֙rag.leKhfoot your
Lemma: רֶ֫גֶל (re.gel) · Strong's: H7272
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: foot
Used 240 times. Also: Genesis 8:9, Genesis 18:4, Genesis 19:2, Genesis 24:32, Genesis 29:1, Genesis 30:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7272; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:25 word 2
מִיָּחֵ֔ףmi.ya.Cheffrom barefoot
Lemma: יָחֵף (ya.cheph) · Strong's: H3182
Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)
Meaning: barefoot
Used 5 times. Also: 2 Samuel 15:30, Isaiah 20:2, Isaiah 20:3, Isaiah 20:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3182; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:25 word 3
מִצִּמְאָ֑הmi.tzim.'Ahfrom thirst
Lemma: צִמְאָה (tsim.ah) · Strong's: H6773
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: parched
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6773; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:25 word 4
וַתֹּאמְרִ֣יva.tom.Riand you said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqw2fs)
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 2:25 word 5
נוֹאָ֔שׁno.'Ashdespairing
Lemma: יָאַשׁ (ya.ash) · Strong's: H2976
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVNrmsa)
Meaning: to despair
Used 6 times. Also: 1 Samuel 27:1, Job 6:26, Ecclesiastes 2:20, Isaiah 57:10, Jeremiah 18:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2976; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:25 word 6
ל֕וֹאLo'In-
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 2:25 word 7
כִּֽי\־ki-deed
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:25 word 8
אָהַ֥בְתִּי'a.Hav.tiI love
Lemma: אָהֵב (a.hav) · Strong's: H0157G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to love: lover
Used 196 times. Also: Genesis 22:2, Genesis 24:67, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:9, Genesis 27:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0157G; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:25 word 9
זָרִ֖יםza.Rimstrange [gods]
Lemma: זוּר (zur) · Strong's: H2114A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: be a stranger
Used 76 times. Also: Exodus 29:33, Exodus 30:9, Exodus 30:33, Leviticus 10:1, Leviticus 22:10, Leviticus 22:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2114A; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:25 word 10
וְאַחֲרֵיהֶ֥םve.'a.cha.rei.Hemand after them
Lemma: אַחַר (a.char) · Strong's: H0310A
Parsing: Acmpc (Acmpc)
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 2:25 word 11
אֵלֵֽךְ\׃'e.LekhI will walk
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
Meaning: to go: went
Used 940 times. Also: Genesis 3:14, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980G; TAHOT Jeremiah 2:25 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You should have kept | → | מָנַע H4513 to withhold |
| your feet | → | רֶ֫גֶל H7272 foot |
| from going bare | → | יָחֵף H3182 barefoot |
| and your throat | → | גֹּ֫רֶן H1637 threshing floor |
| from being thirsty | → | צִמְאָה H6773 parched |
| But you said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| It is hopeless | → | יָאַשׁ H2976 to despair |
| . . . | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| For | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| I love | → | אָהֵב H0157G to love: lover |
| foreign [gods] | → | זוּר H2114A be a stranger |
| and I must go after | → | אַחַר H0310A after |
| them | → | הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went |
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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