Jeremiah 3:3

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

וימנעו וַיִּמָּנְעוּ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wāw

Definition

sequential 'and'

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

Vav Conversive/Consecutive: The category “vav conversive / vav consecutive” is not an ancient grammatical datum; it is a modern explanatory construct, developed by early Hebraists to force Biblical Hebrew into a Latin/chronological tense model that it simply does not share.

The notion arose in early modern grammar (17th–19th c.) when scholars assumed:
- verbs must encode tense,
- narratives must advance by past → present → future,
- therefore Hebrew forms that “don’t behave” must be converted.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

מנע

mânaʻ

Definition

to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury; deny, keep (back), refrain, restrain, withhold.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4513

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מָנַע

verb • Strongs / High • Page 874

To withhold, keep back, prevent, debar, to obstruct, to keep, to save, to refrain, to keep off, to keep afar off, to refuse, to withdraw.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מָנַע

verb • Page 386

To hold back, stop, check (Ezek. 31:15); to restrain or preserve from anything (1 Sam. 25:26, 34); with an accusative, to withhold from anyone (Gen. 30:2, 2 Sam. 13:13). Niph: to be kept back, stopped. Reflex: to hold one's self back, to forbear (Num. 22:16).

conjunctive, Verb Niphal sequential imperfect third person masculine plural

LXX: ἐστέρησέν ἐστέρησασ ἀπεκώλυσα ἀπόσχῃ

LXX Usage Statistics

H4513:

ἐστέρησέν 2× (6.9%)

ἐστέρησασ 2× (6.9%)

ἀπεκώλυσα 2× (6.9%)

ἀπόσχῃ 2× (6.9%)

רבבים רְבִבִים

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

רביב

râbîyb

Definition

a rain (as an accumulation of drops)

Root

from H7231 (רבב);

Exhaustive

from רבב; a rain (as an accumulation of drops); shower.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7241

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

רְבִיבִים

m. prop. • Root רבב • Consonantal / Low • Page 1316

Prop. an overflow; hence rain, abundant showers (used only in plural).

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Noun common masculine plural absolute

LXX: ὡσεὶ

LXX Usage Statistics

H7241:

ὡσεὶ 2× (19.8%)

ומלקוש וּמַלְקוֹשׁ

and the latter rain

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

מלקוש

malqôwsh

Definition

the spring rain; figuratively, eloquence

Root

from H3953 (לקש); (compare H3954 (לקש))

Exhaustive

from לקש; (compare לקש); the spring rain; figuratively, eloquence; latter rain.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4456

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מַלְקוֹשׁ

noun masculine • Root לקש • Strongs / High • Page 863

The latter or harvest-rain, which falls in the month Nisan. It waters the earth, does good at the right time, and symbolizes animating discourse.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מַלְקוֹשׁ

noun masculine • Root לקש • Page 382

The latter rain, falling in Palestine in March and April before harvest (Deut 11:14; Jer. 3:3, 5:24).

Conjunction, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ὄψιμον

LXX Usage Statistics

H4456:

ὄψιμον 5× (60.7%)

לוא לוֹא

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

לא

lôʼ

Definition

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

Root

or לוא; or לה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle;

Exhaustive

or לוא; or לה; (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.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3808

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

לֹא

negative particle • Root אל • Strongs / High • Page 759

A negative particle; not, no. It functions as an absolute negative, a negative answer to a question, or a refusal. Used with verbs in various tenses and moods to express negation or prohibition.

לֹא

particle • Strongs / High • Page 761

A K'ri reading for לוֹ.

לֹא

adverb / particle • Strongs / High • Page 760

Not; No; Nothing (substantive use); Before (cognate sense to טֶרֶם).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

לֹא

adverb • Page 338

A primitive adverb of negation (more rarely לוֹא). 1. not. 2. no (Gen. 19:2). 3. nothing (Job 6:21). 4. without (1 Chr. 2:30). 5. interrogative, nonne? (Jon. 4:11). 6. lest, that not (Ex. 28:32). 7. In combination with adjectives/substantives it gives a negative signification (e.g., לֹא עֹז without strength).

Particle negative

LXX: οὐκ οὐ μὴ οὐδὲ οὐχ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3808:

οὐκ 1137× (34.5%)

οὐ 797× (24.2%)

μὴ 184× (5.6%)

οὐδὲ 150× (4.5%)

οὐχ 127× (3.9%)

οὐχὶ 120× (3.6%)

--- 98× (3.0%)

'' 94× (2.4%)

---% 62× (1.5%)

οὐκέτι 50× (1.4%)

היה הָיָה

he has become

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

היה

hâyâh

Definition

to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

Root

a primitive root (compare H1933 (הוא));

Exhaustive

a primitive root (compare הוא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1961

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

הָיָה

verb • Root היה • Strongs / High • Page 397

To be, to exist, to live, to become. A substantive verb used to unite a subject and predicate. It can also mean to happen, to arise, or to belong to. Used in a wide variety of grammatical constructions.

הָיָה

verb • Root היה • Strongs / High • Page 591

To be, to become, to exist. The common Hebrew verb for 'to be', considered the root of the divine name.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

הַיָּה

noun feminine • Page 185

Keri הַוָּה suffering, calamity. Job 6: 2; 30: 13.

הָיָה

verb • Page 184

1. To be (Ex. 20:3, Num. 10:31, etc.); 2. to become (Ex. 4:4, Hos. 3:3, etc.); 3. to happen (Is. 19:15).

Verb Qal perfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ἔσται ἐγένετο ἦν ἐγενήθη ἔσονται

LXX Usage Statistics

H1961:

ἔσται 827× (22.9%)

ἐγένετο 634× (16.8%)

ἦν 280× (7.9%)

ἐγενήθη 215× (5.8%)

ἔσονται 160× (4.5%)

ἦσαν 134× (3.8%)

ἐγένοντο 83× (2.3%)

'' 74× (1.9%)

--- 73× (2.2%)

εἶναι 67× (1.7%)

ומצח וּמֵצַח

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

מצח

mêtsach

Definition

the forehead (as open and prominent)

Root

from an unused root meaning to be clear, i.e. conspicuous;

Exhaustive

from an unused root meaning to be clear, i.e. conspicuous; the forehead (as open and prominent); brow, forehead, [phrase] impudent.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4696

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

צַח

adjective • Root צחח • Consonantal / Low • Page 1226

Shining, light, clear, serene (of heat/sky); sharp, violent (of wind); white and shining, of colour; denoting a natural flesh colour.

Matched via prefix/suffix stripped stem

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מֵצַח

com. gen. • Page 399

the forehead, brow, front. 1 Sam. 17: 49. מֵצַח אִשָּׁה זוֹנָה the (shameless) front of an harlot, Jer. 3: 3.

Conjunction, Noun common both singular construct

LXX: μετώπου μέτωπον μετώπῳ

LXX Usage Statistics

H4696:

μετώπου 2× (14.8%)

μέτωπον 2× (13.5%)

μετώπῳ 2× (12.2%)

אשה אִשָּׁה

a woman

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אשה

ʼishshâh

Definition

a woman

Root

feminine of H376 (איש) or H582 (אנוש); irregular plural, נשים;(used in the same wide sense as H582 (אנוש))

Exhaustive

feminine of איש or אנוש; irregular plural, נשים;(used in the same wide sense as אנוש); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H802

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אִשֶּׁה

noun masculine • Root אש • Lemma_Lookup • Page 197

Sacrificial fire, altar-flame, a burning; specifically a sacrifice.

אִשָּׁה

noun feminine • Root אנש • Lemma_Lookup • Page 197

Woman, wife, female; also applied to animals (female) and metaphorically to things with weak or feminine characteristics.

אֶשָּׁה

noun feminine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 197

Fire.

אָשָׁה

verb • Root אשה • Lemma_Lookup • Page 197

(Not used) To be firm, close, to be firmly fitted together; to support.

בָּאְשָׁה

noun feminine • Root באש • Lemma_Lookup • Page 217

a stink-weed, bad or poisonous weed.

לְאִשָּׁה

prepositional phrase • Lemma_Lookup • Page 757

Into a woman; as in 'Lord God built the rib into a woman'.

נָשָׂא אִשָּׁה

verb • Root נשא • Lemma_Lookup • Page 992

To lead home a wife, to marry.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אִשֶּׁה

m. const. אִשֵּׁה / plur. const. אִשֵּׁי • Root אש • Page 75

Firing, something on fire, an offering. A generic word including every species of offering. Lev. 24:7, 9; Ex 29:18, 25, 41; Lev. 1:9, 13, 17, etc. Plur. אִשֵּׁי יְהוָה Lev. 2:3, 10.

אִשָּׁה

noun feminine • Root אנוש איש • Page 75

1. woman—Applied as a designation of sex, even in animals, Gen. 7:2. 2. wife, hence אֵשֶׁת אָב 'father’s wife' (stepmother), Lev. 18:8. Often with genitives denoting quality (e.g., lovely woman, Prov. 11:16). 3. with אָחוֹת or רְעוּת for 'the one... the other.' 4. some one. 5. every one. Ex. 3:22.

אֵשָׁה

noun feminine • Root אש • Page 75

i. q. (equivalent to) אֵשׁ 'fire'. This is the best explanation of the Kethib in Jer. 6:29.

Noun common feminine singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0802:

No stats available

זונה זוֹנָה

prostitute

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

זנה

zânâh

Definition

to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)

Root

a primitive root (highly-fed and therefore wanton);

Exhaustive

a primitive root (highly-fed and therefore wanton); to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah); (cause to) commit fornication, [idiom] continually, [idiom] great, (be an, play the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause to) go a-whoring, whorish.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2181

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

זָנָה

verb • Root זנה • Strongs / High • Page 438

1. to play the whore, to commit fornication; of men with a female, usually of a woman, whether married or unmarried. 2. Figuratively, to apostatise from God, to commit idolatry.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

זוֹנָה

f. part. fem. • Root זנה • Page 199

A harlot.

זוֹנָה

particle • Root זנה • Page 205

a harlot, Lev. 21:7, 14. Deut. 23:19. Josh. 2:1.

זָנָה

verb • Page 205

to commit fornication, to whore; and figuratively to practise idolatry. Verses: Ezek. 16:8, 22; Hos. 1:2; Num. 25:1; Lev. 17:7; Is. 23:17.

זֻנָּה

pu. • Root זנה • Page 205

Ezek. 16:34.

Verb Qal participle active feminine singular absolute

LXX: πόρνησ πόρνην ἐξεπόρνευσεν ἐξεπόρνευσασ πόρνη

LXX Usage Statistics

H2181:

πόρνησ 9× (9.5%)

πόρνην 7× (7.0%)

ἐξεπόρνευσεν 7× (6.9%)

ἐξεπόρνευσασ 7× (6.5%)

πόρνη 5× (5.2%)

ἐκπορνεῦσαι 5× (5.0%)

ἐξεπόρνευσαν 5× (4.9%)

ἐπόρνευσαν 4× (3.8%)

ἐκπορνεύσει 3× (3.2%)

ἐπόρνευσασ 3× (3.1%)

היה הָיָה

he has become

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

היה

hâyâh

Definition

to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

Root

a primitive root (compare H1933 (הוא));

Exhaustive

a primitive root (compare הוא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1961

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

הָיָה

verb • Root היה • Strongs / High • Page 397

To be, to exist, to live, to become. A substantive verb used to unite a subject and predicate. It can also mean to happen, to arise, or to belong to. Used in a wide variety of grammatical constructions.

הָיָה

verb • Root היה • Strongs / High • Page 591

To be, to become, to exist. The common Hebrew verb for 'to be', considered the root of the divine name.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

הַיָּה

noun feminine • Page 185

Keri הַוָּה suffering, calamity. Job 6: 2; 30: 13.

הָיָה

verb • Page 184

1. To be (Ex. 20:3, Num. 10:31, etc.); 2. to become (Ex. 4:4, Hos. 3:3, etc.); 3. to happen (Is. 19:15).

Verb Qal perfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ἔσται ἐγένετο ἦν ἐγενήθη ἔσονται

LXX Usage Statistics

H1961:

ἔσται 827× (22.9%)

ἐγένετο 634× (16.8%)

ἦν 280× (7.9%)

ἐγενήθη 215× (5.8%)

ἔσονται 160× (4.5%)

ἦσαν 134× (3.8%)

ἐγένοντο 83× (2.3%)

'' 74× (1.9%)

--- 73× (2.2%)

εἶναι 67× (1.7%)

לך לָךְ

to yourself/walk

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

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

Preposition -For/Into Art, Suffix pronominal second person feminine singular

מאנת מֵאַנְתְּ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מאן

mâʼên

Definition

to refuse

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to refuse; refuse, [idiom] utterly.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3985

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מָאֵן

adjective • Root מאן • Strongs / High • Page 801

Refusing, resisting, not wishing.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מָאֵן

verb • Root מאן • Page 351

refusing.

Verb Piel perfect second person feminine singular

LXX: ἠθέλησεν ἠθέλησαν ἤθελον ἤθελεν θέλει

LXX Usage Statistics

H3985:

ἠθέλησεν 5× (10.7%)

ἠθέλησαν 4× (8.6%)

ἤθελον 3× (7.5%)

ἤθελεν 3× (6.0%)

θέλει 2× (5.0%)

βούλει 2× (4.0%)

הכלם הִכָּלֵם׃

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כלם

kâlam

Definition

properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult; be (make) ashamed, blush, be confounded, be put to confusion, hurt, reproach, (do, put to) shame.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3637

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

הָכְלַם

verb • Root כלם • Lemma_Lookup • Page 703

to be shamed, to be hurt.

כָּלַם

verb • Root כלם • Lemma_Lookup • Page 703

to cut in, to prick, to pierce, to wound; hence to hurt, to injure, to grieve, to revile, reproach, insult.

נִכְלַם

verb • Root כלם • Lemma_Lookup • Page 703

to be insulted, reviled, mortified; to be ashamed, to feel shame of a thing, to be put to shame.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כָּלַם

verb • Root כלם • Page 318

Not used in Kal. In Hiphil: to put to shame, to make ashamed, to reproach, to hurt or injure. In Hophal: to be made ashamed, frustrated. In Niphal: to feel ashamed, to be brought to shame, to be insulted.

Verb Niphal infinitive construct common

LXX: ἐνετράπην ἐντραπήσονται ἐντραπείησαν ἀτιμωθήσῃ ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H3637:

ἐνετράπην 2× (4.5%)

ἐντραπήσονται 2× (4.5%)

ἐντραπείησαν 2× (4.5%)

ἀτιμωθήσῃ 2× (4.1%)

'' 2× (4.1%)

ἡμᾶσ 2× (3.7%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And the showers will be withheld, and the latter rain was not; and the forehead of a woman a harlot was to thee, and thou refusedst to be ashamed.

LITV Translation:
And the showers are withheld, and there has been no latter rain. And the forehead of a woman, a harlot was to you; you refused to be ashamed.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And thou didst retain many shepherds for a stumbling block to thyself: thou hadst a whore’s face, thou didst become shameless toward all.