The Meaning of Jeremiah 2:14 Explained

Jeremiah 2:14

KJV: Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?

YLT: A servant is Israel? Is he a child of the house? Wherefore hath he been for a prey?

Darby: Is Israel a bondman? Is he a home-born slave? Why is he become a spoil?

ASV: Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born'slave ? why is he become a prey?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[Is] Israel  a servant?  [is] he a homeborn  [slave]? why  is he spoiled? 

What does Jeremiah 2:14 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 2

1  God having shown his former kindness,
5  expostulates with the people on their causeless and unexampled revolt
14  They are the causes of their own calamities
18  The sins and idolatries of Judah
35  Her confidence is rejected

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 2:14 mean?

[Is] a servant Israel [Is] born a homeborn [slave] he why is he plundered
؟ הַעֶ֙בֶד֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אִם־ יְלִ֥יד בַּ֖יִת ה֑וּא מַדּ֖וּעַ הָיָ֥ה ؟ לָבַֽז

؟ הַעֶ֙בֶד֙  [Is]  a  servant 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֶבֶד  
Sense: slave, servant.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
יְלִ֥יד  born 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: יָלִיד  
Sense: born.
בַּ֖יִת  a  homeborn  [slave] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
מַדּ֖וּעַ  why 
Parse: Interrogative
Root: מַדּוּעַ  
Sense: why?, on what account?, wherefore?.
הָיָ֥ה  is  he 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
؟ לָבַֽז  plundered 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּז  
Sense: spoil, booty, robbery, spoiling.

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