Hebrew Interlinear

Jeremiah 2:23 Interlinear

How canst thou say I am not polluted after Baalim I have not gone see her ways in the valley know what thou hast done dromedary thou art a swift traversing her ways

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1אֵ֣יךְH349how? or how!; also where
2תֹּאמְרִ֞יH559How canst thou sayto say (used with great latitude)
3לֹ֣אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
4נִטְמֵ֗אתִיH2930I am not pollutedto be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
5אַחֲרֵ֤יH310afterproperly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
6הַבְּעָלִים֙H1168Baalimbaal, a phoenician deity
7לֹ֣אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
8הָלַ֔כְתִּיH1980I have not goneto walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
9רְאִ֤יH7200seeto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
10דְּרָכֶֽיהָ׃H1870her waysa road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
11בַּגַּ֔יְאH1516in the valleya gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
12דְּעִ֖יH3045knowto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
13מֶ֣הH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
14עָשִׂ֑יתH6213what thou hast doneto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
15בִּכְרָ֥הH1072dromedarya young she-camel
16קַלָּ֖הH7031thou art a swiftlight; (by implication) rapid (also adverbial)
17מְשָׂרֶ֥כֶתH8308traversingto interlace
18דְּרָכֶֽיהָ׃H1870her waysa road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

Verse Context

Jeremiah 2:22 For though thou wash thee with nitre and take thee much ...
Jeremiah 2:23 (current) How canst thou say I am not polluted after Baalim I have not gone see her ways in the valley know what thou hast done dromedary thou art a swift traversing her ways
Jeremiah 2:24A wild ass used to the wilderness at her pleasure that snuffeth up...

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