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Jeremiah 2:20 — King James Version← Study notes

For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.


Jeremiah 2:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 2:2022 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֣יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מֵ/עוֹלָ֞םmēʿwōlām
alwaypronH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
שָׁבַ֣רְתִּיšābarətiy
break (downverbH7665
off · in pieces · up) · broken ···
עֻלֵּ֗/ךְʿulēkə
yokenounH5923
נִתַּ֨קְתִּי֙nitaqətiy
breakverbH5423
burst · draw · lift up · pluck (away ···
מוֹסְרֹתַ֔יִ/ךְmwōsərōtayikə
bandnounH4147
bond
וַ/תֹּאמְרִ֖יwatōʾməriy
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אעבדʾʿbd
keep in bondageverbH5647
be · be bondmen · bond-service · compel ···
אֶעֱב֑וֹרʾeʿĕbwōr
alienateverbH5674
alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···
כִּ֣יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
עַֽלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כָּלkāl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
גִּבְעָ֞הgibəʿāh
hillnounH1389
little hill
גְּבֹהָ֗הgəbōhāh
haughtyadjH1364
height · high · lofty · proud ···
וְ/תַ֨חַת֙wətaḥat
asconjH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
כָּלkāl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
עֵ֣ץʿēṣ
gallowsnounH6086
carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···
רַעֲנָ֔ןraʿănān
greenadjH7488
flourishing
אַ֖תְּʾatə
theeprepH859
thou · ye · you
צֹעָ֥הṣōʿāh
captive exileverbH6808
travelling · wander
זֹנָֽהzōnāh
commit fornicationverbH2181
continually · great · (be an · play the) harlot ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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