Jeremiah 2:23
“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,
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ASV
How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
KJV
How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
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18 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֵ֣יךְ | 'eikh | how? | H349 → |
| תֹּאמְרִ֞י | tom.Ri | will you say | H559 → |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| נִטְמֵ֗אתִי | nit.Me.ti | I have made myself unclean | H2930 → |
| אַחֲרֵ֤י | 'a.cha.Rei | after | H310 → |
| הַבְּעָלִים֙ | ha.be.'a.Lim | the Baals | H1168 → |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| הָלַ֔כְתִּי | ha.Lakh.ti | I have walked | H1980 → |
| רְאִ֤י | re.'I | consider | H7200 → |
| דַרְכֵּךְ֙ | dar.keKh | conduct your | H1870 → |
| בַּגַּ֔יְא | ba.Gay' | in the valley | H1516 → |
| דְּעִ֖י | de.'I | recognize | H3045 → |
| מֶ֣ה | meh | what? | H4100 → |
| עָשִׂ֑ית | 'a.Sit | have you done | H6213 → |
| בִּכְרָ֥ה | bikh.Rah | a young camel | H1072 → |
| קַלָּ֖ה | ka.Lah | swift | H7031 → |
| מְשָׂרֶ֥כֶת | me.sa.Re.khet | entwining | H8308 → |
| דְּרָכֶֽיהָ׃ | de.ra.Khei.ha | paths its | H1870 → |
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