Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #304842

OSHB Jer 2:23 בִּכְרָה (bikrāh) Strongs=1072 Lemma=‘בִּכְרָה’^*
contextual word gloss=‘a_young_camel’ word gloss=‘young_camel’
Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-629 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Jeremiah

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Only use of identical word form ‘בִּכְרָה’ (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘בִּכְרָה’ (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘a_young_camel’.

JER 2:23 contextual word gloss=‘a_young_camel’ word gloss=‘young_camel’ OSHB JER 2:23 word 15

OET-LV: 23 How will _you _say not I _have _made _myself _unclean after the_Baˊal not I _have _walked consider conduct _of_your in_valley recognize what have _you _done a _young _camel swift which_entwines paths _of_its. (JER_2:23)

OET-RV: 23 How can you say, ‘I’m not defiled—I haven’t worshipped the Baals’?
⇔ Consider your conduct in the valley.
⇔ ≈ Recognise what you’ve done:
⇔ behaving like a young, female camel that flits here and there. (JER 2:23)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘בִּכְרָה’ in the Hebrew originals.