Jeremiah 34:16
But now you have changed your minds and profaned My name. Each of you has taken back the menservants and maidservants whom you had set at liberty to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves.
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ASV
but ye turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and ye brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.
KJV
But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.
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21 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַתָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ | va.ta.Shu.vu | and you turned back | H7725 → |
| וַתְּחַלְּל֣וּ | va.te.cha.le.Lu | and you profaned | H2490 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| שְׁמִ֔י | she.Mi | name my | H8034 → |
| וַתָּשִׁ֗בוּ | va.ta.Shi.vu | and you took back | H7725 → |
| אִ֤ישׁ | 'ish | everyone | H376 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| עַבְדּוֹ֙ | av.Do | [male] slave his | H5650 → |
| וְאִ֣ישׁ | ve.'Ish | and everyone | H376 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| שִׁפְחָת֔וֹ | shif.cha.To | female slave his | H8198 → |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | 'a.Sher- | whom | H834 → |
| שִׁלַּחְתֶּ֥ם | shi.lach.Tem | you had let go | H7971 → |
| חָפְשִׁ֖ים | cha.fe.Shim | free [people] | H2670 → |
| לְנַפְשָׁ֑ם | le.naf.Sham | to desire their | H5315 → |
| וַתִּכְבְּשׁ֣וּ | va.tikh.be.Shu | and you subjugated | H3533 → |
| אֹתָ֔ם | 'o.Tam | <obj.> them | H853 → |
| לִֽהְי֣וֹת | lih.Yot | to become | H1961 → |
| לָכֶ֔ם | la.Khem | of you | |
| לַעֲבָדִ֖ים | la.'a.va.Dim | <into> [male] slaves | H5650 → |
| וְלִשְׁפָחֽוֹת׃ ס | ve.lish.fa.Chot | and <into> female slaves | H8198 → |
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