Real Bible Translation - Jeremiah 5:8

Jeremiah 5:8

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יצהלו	רע הו	אשת	אל	איש	היו	משכים	מיזנים	סוסים
they are cheerfully exulting	friend of himself	woman	toward	a man/each one	they have become	those who incline shoulders	feeding-stalls	horses
9016 None Definition: verseEnd Root: None Exhaustive: None \| 6670a צהל tsâhal Definition: to gleam, i.e. (figuratively) be cheerful; by transference to sound clear (of various animal or human expressions) Root: a primitive root; Exhaustive: a primitive root; to gleam, i.e. (figuratively) be cheerful; by transference to sound clear (of various animal or human expressions); bellow, cry aloud (out), lift up, neigh, rejoice, make to shine, shout.	9023 הו None Definition: his, personal posessive - noun suffix: 3rd person masculine singular Root: None Exhaustive: Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 3rd person masculine singular \| 7453 רע rêaʻ Definition: an associate (more or less close) Root: or ריע; from H7462 (רעה); Exhaustive: or ריע; from רעה; an associate (more or less close); brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, [idiom] (an-) other.	802 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.	9014 ־ None Definition: link Root: None Exhaustive: None \| 413 אל ʼêl Definition: near, with or among; often in general, to Root: (but only used in the shortened constructive form אל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. Exhaustive: (but only used in the shortened constructive form אל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).	376 איש ʼîysh Definition: a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) Root: contracted for H582 (אנוש) (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); Exhaustive: contracted for אנוש (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אשה.	1961 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.	7904 שכה shâkâh Definition: to roam (through lust) Root: a primitive root; Exhaustive: a primitive root; to roam (through lust); in the morning (by mistake for שכם).	2109a זון zûwn Definition: perhaps properly, to be plump, i.e. (transitively) to nourish Root: a primitive root; Exhaustive: a primitive root; perhaps properly, to be plump, i.e. (transitively) to nourish; feed.	5483b סוס çûwç Definition: a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight) Root: or סס; from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy); Exhaustive: or סס; from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy); a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight); crane, horse (-back, -hoof). Compare פרש.

RBT Translation:

horses feeding-stalls those who incline shoulders they have become a man/each one toward woman friend of himself they are cheerfully exulting

RBT Paraphrase:
They have become horses of feeding-stalls, those who burden shoulders;¹ they are cheerfully exulting, each man toward the woman of the friend of himself.

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
They were horses seducing to fornication: roaming about, they will neigh, a man for the wife of his neighbor.

LITV Translation:
They were like lusty, well fed stallions in the morning, everyone neighing after the wife of his neighbor.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
They became as wanton horses: they neighed each one after his neighbor’s wife.

Footnotes

Jer. 5:8

משכים — from the primitive root ש‑כ‑ם, literally “to incline the shoulder / bend the shoulder under a burden”, i.e., the physical act of lifting or bearing a load on the shoulder, whether on a person or an animal. In the Qal stem, the denominative participle מַשְׁכִּים denotes “one who inclines the shoulder,” literally a burden-bearer. In the Hiphil stem (משכים), the causative sense is preserved: “to cause to incline the shoulder / to put a burden onto the shoulder”. The core semantic idea is physical adjustment under weight, with the shoulder bending downward to carry the load. Early attestations are in Biblical Hebrew; the form occurs with both nouns and participles describing this literal shoulder-bearing action.