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Jeremiah 13:2

So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.

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וָאֶקְנֶ֥הvaeqnehand purchaseקָנָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and purchase”, the next action in the storyH7069to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to ownattain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, [idiom] surely, [idiom] verily.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הָאֵז֖וֹרhaezorthe girdleאֵזוֹרdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the girdle”, the ordinary formH232something girt; a belt, also a bandgirdle.כִּדְבַ֣רkidvaras causeדָּבָרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “as cause”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a causeact, advice, affair, answer, [idiom] any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, [phrase] chronicles, commandment, [idiom] commune(-ication), [phrase] concern(-ing), [phrase] confer, counsel, [phrase] dea…יְהוָ֑הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).וָאָשִׂ֖םvaasimand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and put”, the next action in the storyH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, 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,…מָתְנָֽיmatenayloinsמֹתֶןnoun, common, masculine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “loins”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4975properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins[phrase] greyhound, loins, side.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it upon my loins.

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American Standard Version (1901)

So I bought a girdle according to the word of Jehovah, and put it upon my loins.

Young’s Literal Translation

and I get the girdle, according to the word of Jehovah, and I place [it] on my loins.

World English Bible

So I bought a belt according to Yahweh’s word, and put it on my waist.

Darby Translation

And I bought a girdle according to the word of Jehovah, and put it upon my loins.

Douay-Rheims

And I got a girdle accoding to the word of the Lord, and put it about my loins.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it upon my loins.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

So I procured the girdle according to the word of the Lord, and put it about my loins.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐκτησάμην τὸ περίζωμα κατὰ τὸν λόγον Κυρίου, καὶ περιέθηκα περὶ τὴν ὀσφύν μου.