זָ֖ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 זָ֖ר

   ZAR

   a stranger
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּזְמֹ֥רַת זָ֖ר

   u-ze-MO-rat ZAR

   and a branch-shoot of a stranger
3. clause🔊 עַל־כֵּ֗ן תִּטְּעִי֙ נִטְעֵ֣י נַעֲמָנִ֔ים וּזְמֹ֥רַת זָ֖ר תִּזְרָעֶֽנּוּ׃

   al-KEN tit-E-I nit-E na-a-ma-NIM u-ze-MO-rat ZAR tiz-ra-E-NO

   therefore you will plant plantings of pleasant things or delightful plants and a branch-shoot of a stranger you will sow it
4. sentence🔊 כִּ֤י שָׁכַ֙חַתְּ֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׁעֵ֔ךְ וְצ֥וּר מָעֻזֵּ֖ךְ לֹ֣א זָכָ֑רְתְּ עַל־כֵּ֗ן תִּטְּעִי֙ נִטְעֵ֣י נַעֲמָנִ֔ים וּזְמֹ֥רַת זָ֖ר תִּזְרָעֶֽנּוּ׃

   KI sha-KHAKH-at e-lo-HE yish-EKH ve-TSUR ma-u-ZEKh LO za-KHARKH-at al-KEN tit-E-I nit-E na-a-ma-NIM u-ze-MO-rat ZAR tiz-ra-E-NO

   for you have forgotten God of your salvation and rock of your stronghold or refuge not you have remembered therefore you will plant plantings of pleasant things or delightful plants and a branch-shoot of a stranger you will sow it

Exegesis

The noun phrases nitʿê naʿămānîm {נִטְעֵי נַעֲמָנִים | niṭʿê naʿămānîm} ‘plantings of pleasant plants’ and u-zmōraṯ zār {וּזְמֹרַת זָר | u-zmōraṯ zār} ‘and a foreign shoot’ highlight idolatrous imagery. The parallel structure underscores the theological link between forgetting God and engaging in idolatry.