Jeremiah 44:17
for we certainly do everything that hath gone out of our mouth, to make perfume to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out to her libations, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our heads, in cities of Judah, and in streets of Jerusalem, and — we are satisfied with bread, and we are well, and evil we have not seen.This verse in the real world
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- מְלֶכֶתmᵉleketha queen
- נָסַךְnâçakto pour out, especially a libation, or to cast (metal); by analogy, to anoint aking
- נֶסֶךְneçeka libation; also a cast idol
- שָׂבַעsâbaʻto sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
- קָטַרqâṭarto smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship)
- חוּץchûwtsproperly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
- לֶחֶםlechemfood (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
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