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מַדּ֨וּעַ שֹׁובְבָ֜ה הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֛ה יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם מְשֻׁבָ֣ה נִצַּ֑חַת הֶחֱזִ֨יקוּ֙ בַּתַּרְמִ֔ית מֵאֲנ֖וּ לָשֽׁוּב׃ (Jeremiah 8:5) Why has this people turned away—Yerushalayim in perpetual backsliding? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return. A Grammar of Grief Jeremiah 8:5 presents a divine lament couched in a rhetorical question. The verse is steeped in emotion, but its syntax is sharply structured—a sequence of interrogative construction, participial modifiers, nominal apposition, and verbal defiance. The grammar expresses the prophet’s disbelief and God’s indictment of unrepentant rebellion. Interrogative Opening: מַדּ֨וּעַ שֹׁובְבָ֜ה מַדּ֨וּעַ – “Why?”… Learn Hebrew