Original Language Studio
Jeremiah 19:4
“Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H3282 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause
- Derivation
- from an unused root meaning to pay attention;
- KJV renderings
- because (that), forasmuch ([phrase] as), seeing then, [phrase] that, [phrase] wheras, [phrase] why.
- Grammar
- יַ֣עַן — conjunction
- Usage
- Occurs 99 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 22:16Leviticus 26:43Leviticus 26:43Numbers 11:20Numbers 20:12
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יַעַן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.