Jeremiah 2:21

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ואנכי וְאָנֹכִי

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

אני

ʼănîy

Definition

I

Root

contracted from H595 (אנכי);

Exhaustive

lemma אני second vowel, corrected to אני; contracted from אנכי; I; I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H589

אנכי

ʼânôkîy

Definition

I

Root

sometimes, ; a primitive pronoun;

Exhaustive

sometimes, aw-no'-kee; a primitive pronoun; I; I, me, [idiom] which.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H595

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֲנִי

pronoun personal • Root אנ • Strongs_Numbers • Page 162

I; the personal pronoun of the first person singular, common gender.

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אָנֹכִי

pronoun • Root אני • Strongs_Numbers • Page 163

pronominal stem; in pause אָנֹכִי personal pronoun I, a fuller form for אֲנִי

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֲנִי

pronoun • Page 61

I. Also written אָנֹכִי. The form אֲנִי also occurs in the phrase חַי אָנִי (see חַי).

אָנֹכִי

pronoun • Page 61

I. Otherwise אֲנִי.

Conjunction, Pronoun personal first person both singular

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0589:

No stats available

H0595:

No stats available

נטעתיך נְטַעְתִּיךְ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

נטע

nâṭaʻ

Definition

properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively); fastened, plant(-er).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5193

ך

Definition

you, personal pronoun - verb/prep. 2nd person feminine singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 2nd person feminine singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9032

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נָטַע

verb • Root נטע • Strongs / High • Page 966

prop. to put in, hence to strike in, to stick in, a nail, a pin; to fasten or make firm; to set up, a statue; but commonly to plant.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נָטַע

verb • Root נטע • Page 440

1. to plant, also to set with plants (Ezek. 36:36). 2. metaphorically to plant, settle, establish, (a people) (Am. 9:15, Jer. 24:6, Is. 80:9). 3. to drive in (a nail) (Ecc. 12:11); also to set up (an image) (Deut. 16:21). 4. to pitch or erect a tent (Dan. 11:45, Is. 51:16).

Verb Qal perfect first person common singular, Suffix pronominal second person feminine singular

LXX: ἐφύτευσεν φυτεύσατε αὐτοὺσ φυτεύσεισ καταφυτεύσω

LXX Usage Statistics

H5193:

ἐφύτευσεν 7× (11.6%)

φυτεύσατε 5× (8.2%)

αὐτοὺσ 5× (6.9%)

φυτεύσεισ 4× (7.2%)

καταφυτεύσω 4× (6.2%)

καταφυτεύσουσιν 3× (4.6%)

κατεφύτευσασ 3× (4.9%)

ἐφύτευσα 3× (4.6%)

ἐφύτευσά 2× (3.6%)

ἐφυτεύσατε 2× (3.6%)

שרק שֹׂרֵק

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שרק

sôrêq

Definition

a vine stock (properly, one yielding purple grapes, the richest variety)

Root

or שורק; and (feminine) שרקה; from H8319 (שרק) in the sense of redness (compare H8320 (שרק));

Exhaustive

or שורק; and (feminine) שרקה; from שרק in the sense of redness (compare שרק); a vine stock (properly, one yielding purple grapes, the richest variety); choice(-st, noble) wine. Compare שרוק.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8321

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שְׁרַק

aram. (aramaic) • Root שרק • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1486

(Not used) Aramaic entry, same as Hebrew שָׁרַק.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שָׂרַק

verb • Root שרק • Page 645

To comb or hatchel, e.g., flax (Is. 19:9). Related to Syriac and Chaldee forms meaning the same.

שָׂרֹק

adjective / dec. viii. d. • Root שרק • Page 645

Reddish or fox-coloured, spoken of horses (Zech. 1:8). Related by transposition to Arab. 'ashkar' (a reddish horse).

Noun common both singular construct

LXX: ἄμπελον

LXX Usage Statistics

H8321a:

ἄμπελον 2× (58.8%)

כלה כֻּלֹּה

complete one/bride/daughter-in-law

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כל

kôl

Definition

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

Root

or (Jeremiah 33:8) כול; from H3634 (כלל);

Exhaustive

or (Jeremiah 33:8) כול; from כלל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3605

הו

Definition

his, personal posessive - noun suffix: 3rd person masculine singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 3rd person masculine singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9023

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כֹּל

noun / masculine • Root כלל • Strongs / High • Page 695

Properly 'all, whole, totality'. 1. Used adjectivally to mean 'all' or 'the whole of', as in 'all the earth'. 2. Describes a plurality of individual persons or things, translated as 'all'.

כֹּל

substantive / adverb • Root כלל • Strongs / High • Page 696

A substantive meaning all, the whole, every, any. When used with a negative, it means none at all. It can also function as an adverb meaning wholly or altogether.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כֹּל

chald. • Page 316

Same as Hebrew (all, every). Often appears with Makkeph as -כֹּל. References: Dan. 2:40, 4:9, 18, 25.

כֹּל

m. verbal • Root כלל • Page 315

A substantive meaning 'all', 'the whole', or 'totality'. Frequently used as an adjective (Jer. 33:8). 1. all. 2. every one.

Noun common both singular construct, Suffix pronominal third person masculine singular

LXX: πάντα πᾶσ πάντεσ πᾶν πάντασ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3605:

πάντα 921× (17.0%)

πᾶσ 451× (8.4%)

πάντεσ 441× (8.4%)

πᾶν 351× (6.5%)

πάντασ 297× (5.6%)

πᾶσαν 267× (4.9%)

πάντων 242× (4.4%)

πάσασ 230× (4.4%)

--- 227× (4.5%)

πᾶσα 214× (4.0%)

זרע זֶרַע

a seed

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

זרע

zeraʻ

Definition

seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

Root

from H2232 (זרע);

Exhaustive

from זרע; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity; [idiom] carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2233

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

זֶרַע

noun masculine • Root זרע • Strongs / High • Page 447

1. corn, plants, seed-corn, fruit, produce. 2. grain. 3. seed, semen. 4. children, posterity. 5. stock, family, race.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

זֶרַע

m. verbal • Root זרע • Page 209

1. seed of plants (Gen. 1:11,12,29). 2. corn, grain in general (Job 39:12). 12. hence seed-time, winter (Gen. 8:22).

Noun common both singular construct

LXX: σπέρμα σπέρματοσ σπέρματι σπέρματί σπέρματόσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2233:

σπέρμα 106× (47.6%)

σπέρματοσ 29× (12.3%)

σπέρματι 19× (7.6%)

σπέρματί 16× (5.7%)

σπέρματόσ 14× (5.8%)

'' 6× (2.6%)

σπόρον 5× (2.0%)

γένοσ 4× (1.7%)

γένουσ 4× (1.5%)

--- 3× (1.5%)

אמת אֱמֶת

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אמת

ʼemeth

Definition

stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness

Root

contracted from H539 (אמן);

Exhaustive

contracted from אמן; stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness; assured(-ly), establishment, faithful, right, sure, true (-ly, -th), verity.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H571

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֱמֶת

noun feminine • Root אמן • Lemma_Lookup • Page 158

Prop. firmness, stability. 1. Spoken of time: continuance, duration; enduring, steadfast peace. 2. Confidence, security, certainty, rightness. 3. Fidelity, i.e. that quality which keeps the word or promise given. 4. Integrity, blamelessness, honesty. 5. Truth, as opposed to lying.

אַמְתַּחַת

noun feminine • Root מתח • Lemma_Lookup • Page 158

Corn-sack.

אֲמִתַּי

noun proper masculine • Root אמת • Lemma_Lookup • Page 158

Proper noun masculine. Veracious. Father of Jonah (2 Kings 14:25).

אַמְתָּנִי

adjective • Root מתן • Lemma_Lookup • Page 158

Aramaic adjective, feminine. Strong, powerful, prop. well-hipped (Dan 7:7).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֱמֶת

verb • Root אמן • Page 57

1. Subst: truth, faithfulness (Is. 65:16). 2. Adv: truly, certainly, so be it, fiat (Jer. 11:5, 28:6). Used at the close of doxologies.

אֱמֶת

noun feminine • Root אמן • Page 60

1. duration, continuance. Is. 39: 8. 2. certainty. Josh. 2: 12. 3. truth, faithfulness; applied to Jehovah, Ps. 54: 7. 57: 11. 108: 5. to men, denoting uprightness generally, Ex. 18: 21. 4. truth, something true. Gen. 42: 16. 24: 48.

Noun common feminine singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0571:

No stats available

ואיך וְאֵיךְ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

איך

ʼêyk

Definition

how? or how!; also where

Root

also איכה ; and איככה ; prolonged from H335 (אי);

Exhaustive

also איכה ; and איככה ; prolonged from אי; how? or how!; also where; how, what.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H349

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֵיךְ

adverb • Root איכה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 111

Interrogative and qualitative adverb: how? how so?

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֵיךְ

adv. / interj. • Root איכה • Page 43

how? by contr. for אֵיכָה. Gen. 26: 9. Sometimes as an interj. of lament. Ah how, Ps. 73: 19. Is. 14: 4. Ecc. 2: 16.

Conjunction, Particle interrogative

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0349a:

No stats available

נהפכת נֶהְפַּכְתְּ

she who is being turned around

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

הפך

hâphak

Definition

to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert; [idiom] become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2015

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

הָפַךְ

verb • Root הפך • Strongs / High • Page 410

1. to turn, to turn about, to change, to restore to health; to turn over, to invert; to renew; to turn oneself. 2. to destroy, to overthrow, to tumble over. 3. to pervert, to turn away words, to lie, to act with moral perversity, foolishly, deceitfully.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

הָפַךְ

verb • Page 191

1. trans. to turn, to turn about. (2 K. 21:13; Hos. 7:8; 1 K. 22:34). 2. intrans. to turn one's self, to turn, to flee. (2 K. 5:26; Judg. 20:39, 41; Ps. 78:9). 3. to overturn, or destroy (a city).

Verb Niphal perfect second person feminine singular

LXX: μετέβαλεν ἐστράφη μετέστρεψεν κατέστρεψεν ἐπέστρεψεν

LXX Usage Statistics

H2015:

μετέβαλεν 10× (10.1%)

ἐστράφη 5× (5.1%)

μετέστρεψεν 5× (4.9%)

κατέστρεψεν 5× (4.9%)

ἐπέστρεψεν 3× (3.0%)

μετεστράφη 3× (3.0%)

'' 3× (2.7%)

---% 3× (2.5%)

ἐστράφησαν 2× (2.1%)

ἔστρεψασ 2× (2.1%)

לי לִי

to myself

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ל

lə

Definition

to, for

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(lamed) — to / toward / for

Core value: orientation, directionality, belonging
ל is often mistranslated as purpose (“in order to”), but that smuggles in future-time. In reality, ל marks:
- movement toward,
- dedication unto,
- reference with respect to.
Aonically, ל is vectorial, not teleological.
not “for the sake of a future outcome”
but “oriented toward a locus or pole.”
This is why possession (“belongs to”) and motion (“toward”) use the same preposition: both indicate relational alignment, not time.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

ני

Definition

me, personal pronoun - verb/prep. suffix: 1st person common singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 1st person singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9030

Preposition -For/Into Art, Suffix pronominal first person both singular

סורי סוּרֵי

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

סור

çûwr

Definition

turned off, i.e. deteriorated

Root

probably passive participle of H5493 (סור);

Exhaustive

probably passive participle of סור; turned off, i.e. deteriorated; degenerate.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5494

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

סוּר

verb • Root סור • Strongs / High • Page 1013

I. intr. to turn off, to turn away, to go aside, to go away, to withdraw from a person or place.

סוּר

verb • Root סור • Strongs / High • Page 1014

(I. Qal Intransitive) To turn off, to turn aside, to depart, to abandon, to leave off, to separate from; in a mental sense, to apostatize; to turn to, to apply to, to approach.

סוּר

verb • Root סר • Strongs / High • Page 1014

II. (Intransitive, only 3 pers. סָר) To be bad, bad-smelling, stinking, corrupt, foetere; hence to be degenerate, to be disturbed, to be sad, fearful, terrible, to be corrupt.

סוּר

verb • Root סרר • Strongs / High • Page 1014

III. (Transitive) 1. To sting, to prick, to pierce (of thorns). 2. To cut in, cut out, pierce, deepen, to make a cleft. 3. Metaphorically, to strive against, to be obstinate, rebellious.

סוּר

adjective • Root סרר • Strongs / High • Page 1014

Obstinate, rebellious (derived from סוּר III).

סוּר

adjective / noun • Strongs / High • Page 1015

separated, removed, forsaken, solitary, of a person driven from his home (adj.). 2. subst. masc. one departing (from God), a rebellious one. 3. (from סִיר III.) a branch, twig, of a vine. 4. n. p. of a gate of the palaceyard.

סוּר

verb • Root שור • Strongs / High • Page 1011

(not used) trans. to veil, to bind about, to tie; to cover, with an upper garment or veil.

סוּר

verb • Root סרר • Strongs / High • Page 1038

I. intr. same as סָרַר I. (part. סוֹרֵר) to turn off from, to turn away from, hence to apostatise, from God, to turn away (i. e. to sin).

סוּר

verb • Root סרר • Strongs / High • Page 1038

II. (not used) intr. same as סָרַר II. (סוֹרֵר) to be bad, ill-smelling, degenerate, disturbed.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

סוּר

verb • Page 471

1. to turn away, to depart. Ex. 32: 8. Judg. 16: 17. Gen. 49: 10. 1 Sam. 18: 12. 2. to be gone, to pass away. 1 Sam. 15: 32. Hos. 4: 18. 3. to turn in or lodge with any one. Judg. 4: 18. 18: 3, 15. Gen. 19: 2, 3. 4. to approach to any thing. Ex. 3: 3. Ruth 4: 1.

סוּר

verb • Page 472

Hiph. 1. to turn away. Deut. 7:4. to take off, remove. 2. to let any thing be brought. 2 Sam. 6:10. Hoph. pass. Lev. 4:31. Pil. to cause to deviate, to turn aside. Once Lam. 3:11.

סוּר

particle • Page 472

1. driven out, exiled. Is. 49:21. 2. prob. the wild shoots or branches of the vine, liter. what degenerates. Jer. 2:21. 3. name of a gate of the temple. 2 K. 11:6.

Adjective adjective masculine plural construct

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H5494:

No stats available

הגפן הַגֶּפֶן

the Vine

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

definite article, the, used for all numbers and genders; originally a pronoun demonstrative, this. interrogative particle in direct and indirect questions; in disjunctive questions: whether--or.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

גפן

gephen

Definition

a vine (as twining), especially the grape

Root

from an unused root meaning to bend;

Exhaustive

from an unused root meaning to bend; a vine (as twining), especially the grape; vine, tree.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1612

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

גֶּפֶן

noun • Root גפן • Strongs / High • Page 336

comm. a vine, grape-vine.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

גֶּפֶן

com. gen. • Page 145

1. Vine, grape-vine (Num. 6: 4, Hos. 10: 1). Extended to similar plants like 'wild cucumber' (2 K. 4: 39). 2. The fruit of the vine (2 K. 18: 31, Is. 36: 16).

Particle definite article, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ἄμπελοσ ἄμπελον ἀμπέλου ὡσ ἄμπελοι

LXX Usage Statistics

H1612:

ἄμπελοσ 18× (28.3%)

ἄμπελον 14× (22.0%)

ἀμπέλου 10× (15.8%)

ὡσ 5× (8.0%)

ἄμπελοι 4× (6.5%)

ἀμπέλοισ 2× (2.5%)

d? 2× (2.5%)

ἀμπέλῳ 2× (2.4%)

נכריה נָכְרִיָּה׃

foreigner

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

נכרי

nokrîy

Definition

strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)

Root

from H5235 (נכר) (second form);

Exhaustive

from נכר (second form); strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful); alien, foreigner, outlandish, strange(-r, woman).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5237

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נָכְרִי

adjective • Root נכר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 972

Adjective for strange, foreign, outlandish, heathenish. As a noun: a stranger, alienated one, heathen, enemy. Feminine (נָכְרִיָה) can mean a strange woman or an adulteress.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נָכְרִי

nom. adj. • Root נכר • Page 445

Foreign, strange, a stranger (Ex. 2:22; Jer. 2:21). In opposition to one's own wife, an adulteress or strange woman (Prov. 5:20; 6:24; 7:5; 23:27).

Adjective adjective feminine singular absolute

LXX: ἀλλοτρίασ ἀλλότριοσ ἀλλότριον ἀλλοτρίῳ ξένοσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5237:

ἀλλοτρίασ 9× (21.6%)

ἀλλότριοσ 5× (10.6%)

ἀλλότριον 4× (8.9%)

ἀλλοτρίῳ 4× (8.5%)

ξένοσ 3× (6.8%)

ἀλλότρια 2× (4.4%)

ἀλλοτρίων 2× (4.4%)

ἀλλοτρία 2× (4.4%)

ἀλλότριαι 2× (3.7%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And I planted thee a vine of purple grapes, wholly a true seed: and how didst thou turn to me the removings of a strange vine?

LITV Translation:
Yet I planted you a choice vine, wholly a true seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate shoots of an alien vine to Me?

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
Yet I planted thee a fruitful vine, entirely of the right sort: how art thou a strange vine turned to bitterness!