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Jeremiah 17:2

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The sin of Judah [is] written with a pen of iron, [and] with the point of a diamond: [it is] graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;	Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.	O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance [and] all thy treasures to the spoil, [and] thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Whilst their children^H1121 remember^H2142 their altars^H4196 and their groves^H842 by the green^H7488 trees^H6086 upon the high^H1364 hills^H1389.

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Original Hebrew

כִּזְכֹּר בְּנֵיהֶם מִזְבְּחֹותָם וַאֲשֵׁרֵיהֶם עַל־עֵץ רַעֲנָן עַל גְּבָעֹות הַגְּבֹהֹות׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּ/זְכֹּ֤ר	ki/z.Kor	H2142	HR/Vqc	when/ remember
בְּנֵי/הֶם֙	be.nei./Hem	H1121	HNcmpc/Sp3mp	children/ their
מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֔/ם	miz.be.cho.Ta/m	H4196	HNcmpc/Sp3mp	altars/ their
וַ/אֲשֵׁרֵי/הֶ֖ם	va./'a.she.rei./Hem	H842	HC/Np/Sp3mp	and/ Asherah poles/ their
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	at
עֵ֣ץ	'etz	H6086	HNcmsa	tree(s)
רַֽעֲנָ֑ן	ra.'a.Nan	H7488	HAamsa	luxuriant
עַ֖ל	'al	H5921	HR	on
גְּבָע֥וֹת	ge.va.'ot	H1389	HNcfpa	hills
הַ/גְּבֹהֽוֹת	ha./ge.vo.Hot	H1364	HTd/Aafpa	(the)/ high

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H842 — אֲשֵׁרָה (ʼăshêrâh, ash-ay-raw'): or אֲשֵׁירָה; from אָשַׁר; happy; Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same; grove. Compare עַשְׁתֹּרֶת.
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H1364 — גָּבֹהַּ (gâbôahh, gaw-bo'-ah): or גָּבוֹהַּ; (fully) from גָּבַהּ; elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant; haughty, height, high(-er), lofty, proud, [idiom] exceeding proudly.
• H1389 — גִּבְעָה (gibʻâh, ghib-aw'): feminine from the same as גֶּבַע; a hillock; hill, little hill.
• H2142 — זָכַר (zâkar, zaw-kar'): a primitive root; also as denominative from זָכָר; properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male; [idiom] burn (incense), [idiom] earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, [idiom] still, think on, [idiom] well.
• H4196 — מִזְבֵּחַ (mizbêach, miz-bay'-akh): from זָבַח; an altar; altar.
• H6086 — עֵץ (ʻêts, ates): from עָצָה; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks); [phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
• H7488 — רַעֲנָן (raʻănân, rah-an-awn'): from an unused root meaning to be green; verdant; by analogy, new; figuratively, prosperous; green, flourishing.

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

• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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