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Jeremiah 31:21

“Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

נָצַבnâtsab · naw-tsab'
H5324 · Hebrew
Definition
to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
appointed, deputy, erect, establish, [idiom] Huzzah (by mistake for a proper name), lay, officer, pillar, present, rear up, set (over, up), settle, sharpen, establish, (make to) stand(-ing, still, up, upright), best state.
Grammar
  • הַצִּ֧יבִי — verb Hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular
Code HVhv2fs
Usage
Occurs 75 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 18:2Genesis 21:28Genesis 21:29Genesis 24:13Genesis 24:43

Theological interpretation (AI)

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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.