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Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness. (KJV)

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שְׂאִֽי\־se.'i-lift up

Lemma: נָשָׂא (na.sa) · Strong's: H5375M

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqv2fs)

Meaning: to lift: look

Used 47 times. Also: Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 18:2, Genesis 22:4, Genesis 22:13, Genesis 24:63 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5375M; TAHOT Jeremiah 3:2 word 1

עֵינַ֨יִךְ'ei.Na.yikheyes your

Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)

Meaning: eye

Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT Jeremiah 3:2 word 2

עַל\־'al-on

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Jeremiah 3:2 word 3

שְׁפָיִ֜םshe.fa.Yimbare heights

Lemma: שְׁפִי (she.phi) · Strong's: H8205

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: bareness

Used 9 times. Also: Numbers 23:3, Isaiah 41:18, Isaiah 49:9, Jeremiah 3:21, Jeremiah 4:11, Jeremiah 7:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8205; TAHOT Jeremiah 3:2 word 4

וּרְאִ֗יu.re.'Iand see

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 3:2 word 5

אֵיפֹה֙'ei.Fohwhere?

Lemma: אֵיפֹה (e.phoh) · Strong's: H0375

Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)

Meaning: where?

Used 10 times. Also: Genesis 37:16, Judges 8:18, Ruth 2:19, 1 Samuel 19:22, 2 Samuel 9:4, Job 4:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0375; TAHOT Jeremiah 3:2 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 3:2 word 7

עַל\־'al-at

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Jeremiah 3:2 word 8

דְּרָכִים֙de.ra.Khimroads

Lemma: דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) · Strong's: H1870K

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Plural · Absolute (HNcbpa)

Meaning: way: road

Used 145 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 16:7, Genesis 33:16, Genesis 35:19, Genesis 38:14, Genesis 38:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1870K; TAHOT Jeremiah 3:2 word 9

יָשַׁ֣בְתְּya.Shavtyou sat

Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqp2fs)

Meaning: to dwell

Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT Jeremiah 3:2 word 10

כַּעֲרָבִ֖יka.'a.ra.Vilike an Arab

Lemma: עֲרָבִי (a.ra.vi) · Strong's: H6163A

Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNgmsa)

Meaning: Arab

Used 2 times. Also: Isaiah 13:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6163A; TAHOT Jeremiah 3:2 word 11

בַּמִּדְבָּ֑רba.mid.Barin the wilderness

Lemma: מִדְבָּר (mid.bar) · Strong's: H4057B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: wilderness

Used 269 times. Also: Genesis 14:6, Genesis 16:7, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 21:20, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 36:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4057B; TAHOT Jeremiah 3:2 word 12

וַתַּחֲנִ֣יפִיva.ta.cha.Ni.fiand you have polluted

Lemma: חָנֵף (cha.neph) · Strong's: H2610

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVhw2fs)

Meaning: to pollute

Used 11 times. Also: Numbers 35:33, Psalms 106:38, Isaiah 24:5, Jeremiah 3:1, Jeremiah 3:9, Jeremiah 23:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2610; TAHOT Jeremiah 3:2 word 13

אֶ֔רֶץ'E.retz[the] land

Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: land: country/planet

Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Jeremiah 3:2 word 14

בִּזְנוּתַ֖יִךְbiz.nu.Ta.yikhby prostitution your

Lemma: זְנוּת (ze.nut) · Strong's: H2184

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: fornication

Used 9 times. Also: Numbers 14:33, Jeremiah 3:9, Jeremiah 13:27, Ezekiel 23:27, Ezekiel 43:7, Ezekiel 43:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2184; TAHOT Jeremiah 3:2 word 15

וּבְרָעָתֵֽךְ\׃u.ve.ra.'a.Tekhand by wickedness your

Lemma: רָעָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7451C

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: distress: harm

Used 157 times. Also: Genesis 19:19, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 31:52, Exodus 32:12, Exodus 32:14, Numbers 11:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7451C; TAHOT Jeremiah 3:2 word 16

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Lift up	→	נָשָׂא H5375M to lift: look
your eyes	→	עַ֫יִן H5869A eye
to	→	עַל H5921A upon
the barren heights	→	שְׁפִי H8205 bareness
and see	→	רָאָה H7200G to see: see
Is there any place where	→	אֵיפֹה H0375 where?
you have not	→	לֹא H3808 not
been violated	→	H7693
You sat	→	יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell
beside	→	עַל H5921A upon
the highways	→	דֶּ֫רֶךְ H1870K way: road
{waiting} for [your lovers]	→
like a nomad	→	עֲרָבִי H6163A Arab
in the desert	→	מִדְבָּר H4057B wilderness
You have defiled	→	חָנֵף H2610 to pollute
the land	→	אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet
with your prostitution	→	זְנוּת H2184 fornication
and wickedness	→	רָעָה H7451C distress: harm

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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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