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Jeremiah 3:6

Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.
Jeremiah 3:6
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י בִּימֵי֙ יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ הֲֽרָאִ֔יתָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשְׂתָ֖ה מְשֻׁבָ֣ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הֹלְכָ֨ה הִ֜יא עַל־כָּל־הַ֣ר גָּבֹ֗הַּ וְאֶל־תַּ֛חַת כָּל־עֵ֥ץ רַעֲנָ֖ן וַתִּזְנִי־שָֽׁם׃

  1. וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.mer“and he said”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אָמַר · “to say” · Strong's H0559
  2. יְהוָ֜הYah.weh“Yahweh”
    Noun, proper name, title · from יהוה · “LORD” · Strong's H3068G
  3. אֵלַ֗י'e.Lai“to me”
    Preposition with article + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from אֶל · “to(wards)” · Strong's H0413
  4. בִּימֵי֙bi.Mei“in [the] days of”
    Preposition + Noun, masculine, plural, construct · from יוֹם · “day” · Strong's H3117G
  5. יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּyo.shi.Ya.hu“Josiah”
    Noun, proper name of a man · from יֹאשִׁיָּ֫הוּ · “Josiah” · Strong's H2977G
  6. הַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekh“the king”
    Definite article + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from מֶ֫לֶךְ · “king” · Strong's H4428G
  7. הֲֽרָאִ֔יתָhara.'I.ta“¿ have you seen”
    Particle, interrogative + Verb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from רָאָה · “see” · Strong's H7200G
  8. אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sher“[that] which”
    Particle, relative · from אֲשֶׁר · “which” · Strong's H0834A
  9. עָשְׂתָ֖ה'a.se.Tah“she has done”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from עָשָׂה · “do” · Strong's H6213A
  10. מְשֻׁבָ֣הme.shu.Vah“[the] apostate one”
    Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from מְשׁוּבָה · “faithlessness” · Strong's H4878
  11. יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'El“Israel”
    Noun, proper name of a place · from יִשְׂרָאֵל · “Israel” · Strong's H3478
  12. הֹלְכָ֨הho.le.Khah“[has been] going”
    Verb, qal, participle (active), feminine, singular, absolute · from הָלַךְ · “went” · Strong's H1980G
  13. הִ֜יאhi'“she”
    Pronoun, personal, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from הוּא · “he; she; it” · Strong's H1931
  14. עַל־'al-“on”
    Preposition · from עַל · “upon” · Strong's H5921A
  15. כָּל־kol-“every”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from כֹּל · “all” · Strong's H3605
  16. הַ֣רhar“hill”
    Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from הַר · “mount” · Strong's H2022G
  17. גָּבֹ֗הַּga.Vo.ah“high”
    Adjective, masculine, singular, absolute · from גָּבֹהַּ · “high” · Strong's H1364
  18. וְאֶל־ve.'el-“and to”
    Conjunction + Preposition · from אֶל · “to(wards)” · Strong's H0413
  19. תַּ֛חַתTa.chat“under”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from תַּחַת · “under” · Strong's H8478G
  20. כָּל־kol-“every”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from כֹּל · “all” · Strong's H3605
  21. עֵ֥ץ'etz“tree”
    Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from עֵץ · “tree” · Strong's H6086H
  22. רַעֲנָ֖ןra.'a.Nan“luxuriant”
    Adjective, masculine, singular, absolute · from רַעֲנָן · “luxuriant” · Strong's H7488B
  23. וַתִּזְנִי־va.tiz.ni-“and she has acted as a prostitute”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 2nd person, feminine, singular · from זָנָה · “to fornicate” · Strong's H2181
  24. שָֽׁם׃Sham“there”
    Adverb · from שָׁם · “there” · Strong's H8033G
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)