Home-Born
Home-Born
homborn (, ‘ezrah): A native-born Hebrew, as contrasted with a foreigner of different blood. The same Hebrew word is found in Lev 16:29; Lev 18:26 and elsewhere, but is translated differently. Home-born in Jer 2:14 is a translation of the phrase , yeldh bayith, where it means a person free-born as contrasted with a slave.