Jeremiah 3:4

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Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.	Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?	Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Wilt thou not from this time cry^H7121 unto me, My father^H1, thou art the guide^H441 of my youth^H5271?

Original Hebrew

הֲלֹוא מֵעַתָּה [קָרָאתִי כ] (קָרָאת ק) לִי אָבִי אַלּוּף נְעֻרַי אָתָּה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
הֲ/ל֣וֹא	ha./Lo'	H3808	HTi/Tn	¿/ not
מֵ/עַ֔תָּה	me./'A.tah	H6258	HR/D	from/ now
[קראתי כ] (קָרָ֥את ק)	[qârâʼ כ] (ka.ra.ti ק)	H7121 כ	HVqp2fs	(have you called ק)
לִ֖/י	l/i		HR/Sp1cs	to (the)/ me
אָבִ֑/י	'a.V/i	H1	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	O father/ my
אַלּ֥וּף	'a.Luf	H441	HNcmsc	(were) (the) close friend of
נְעֻרַ֖/י	ne.'u.Ra/i	H5271	HNcbpc/Sp1cs	youth(s)/ my
אָֽתָּה	'A.tah	H859	HPp2ms	you

Where the Hebrew text is written one way but traditionally read another, both are shown: [written form כ] (Ketiv) and (read form ק) (Qere).

Strong's References

H1 — אָב (ʼâb, awb): a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
H441 — אַלּוּף (ʼallûwph, al-loof'): or (shortened) אַלֻּף (ʼalluph); from אָלַף (ʼâlaph) H502; familiar; a friend, also gentle; hence, a bullock (as being tame; applied, although masculine, to a cow); and so, a chieftain (as notable, like neat cattle); captain, duke, (chief) friend, governor, guide, ox.
H5271 — נָעוּר (nâʻûwr, naw-oor'): or נָעֻר (nâʻur); and (feminine) נְעֻרָה (nᵉʻurâh); properly, passive participle from נַעַר (naʻar) H5288 as denominative; (only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people); childhood, youth.
H7121 — קָרָא (qârâʼ, kaw-raw'): a primitive root (rather identical with קָרָא (qârâʼ) H7122 through the idea of accosting a person met); to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications); bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(-ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H859 — אַתָּה (ʼattâh, at-taw'): or (shortened); אַתָּ (ʼattâ); or אַת (ʼath); feminine (irregular) sometimes אַתִּי (ʼattîy); plural masculine אַתֶּם (ʼattem); feminine אַתֶּן (ʼatten); or אַתֵּנָה (ʼattênâh); or אַתֵּנָּה (ʼattênnâh); a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you; thee, thou, ye, you.
H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא (lôwʼ); or לֹה (lôh); (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
H6258 — עַתָּה (ʻattâh, at-taw'): from עֵת (ʻêth) H6256; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive; henceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References

My father — Jeremiah 2:27
the guide — Psalms 48:14, Psalms 71:5, Psalms 71:17, Psalms 119:9, Proverbs 1:4, Proverbs 2:17, Jeremiah 2:2, Hosea 2:15, Malachi 2:14
Wilt thou — Jeremiah 3:19, Jeremiah 31:9, Jeremiah 31:18-20, Hosea 14:1-3

Related Topics

Nave’s: BACKSLIDERS; CHURCH; CONDESCENSION OF GOD; GOD; IDOLATRY; REPENTANCE

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