Category Archives: Hosea

וְאֶת־בָּנֶ֖יהָ לֹ֣א אֲרַחֵ֑ם כִּֽי־בְנֵ֥י זְנוּנִ֖ים הֵֽמָּה׃ And her children I will not have mercy upon, for they are children of whoredom.   Morphology וְאֶת (ve-et) – Root: —; Form: Conjunction וְ + direct object marker; Translation: “and [the]”; Notes: Marks … Continue reading →

פֶּן־אַפְשִׁיטֶ֣נָּה עֲרֻמָּ֔ה וְהִ֨צַּגְתִּ֔יהָ כְּיֹ֖ום הִוָּֽלְדָ֑הּ וְשַׂמְתִּ֣יהָ כַמִּדְבָּ֗ר וְשַׁתִּ֨הָ֙ כְּאֶ֣רֶץ צִיָּ֔ה וַהֲמִתִּ֖יהָ בַּצָּמָֽא׃ Lest I strip her naked and set her as in the day she was born, and make her like the wilderness, and set her like a dry land, … Continue reading →

רִ֤יבוּ בְאִמְּכֶם֙ רִ֔יבוּ כִּֽי־הִיא֙ לֹ֣א אִשְׁתִּ֔י וְאָנֹכִ֖י לֹ֣א אִישָׁ֑הּ וְתָסֵ֤ר זְנוּנֶ֨יהָ֙ מִפָּנֶ֔יה וְנַאֲפוּפֶ֖יהָ מִבֵּ֥ין שָׁדֶֽיהָ׃ Plead with your mother, plead, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband; and let her remove her acts of whoredom … Continue reading →

וְ֠נִקְבְּצוּ בְּנֵֽי־יְהוּדָ֤ה וּבְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יַחְדָּ֔ו וְשָׂמ֥וּ לָהֶ֛ם רֹ֥אשׁ אֶחָ֖ד וְעָל֣וּ מִן־הָאָ֑רֶץ כִּ֥י גָדֹ֖ול יֹ֥ום יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃ And the sons of Yehuda and the sons of Yisraʾel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint for themselves one head, and they shall go … Continue reading →

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר קְרָ֥א שְׁמֹ֖ו לֹ֣א עַמִּ֑י כִּ֤י אַתֶּם֙ לֹ֣א עַמִּ֔י וְאָנֹכִ֖י לֹֽא־אֶהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶֽם׃ And He said, “Call his name Lo ʿAmmi, for you are not My people, and I will not be for you.”   Morphology וַיֹּאמֶר (va-yomer) – Root: אמר … Continue reading →

וְאֶת־בֵּ֤ית יְהוּדָה֙ אֲרַחֵ֔ם וְהֹֽושַׁעְתִּ֖ים בַּיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֑ם וְלֹ֣א אֹֽושִׁיעֵ֗ם בְּקֶ֤שֶׁת וּבְחֶ֨רֶב֙ וּבְמִלְחָמָ֔ה בְּסוּסִ֖ים וּבְפָרָשִֽׁים׃ But I will have compassion on the house of Yehuda, and I will save them by YHWH their God, and I will not save them by bow, … Continue reading →

וַתַּ֤הַר עֹוד֙ וַתֵּ֣לֶד בַּ֔ת וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לֹ֔ו קְרָ֥א שְׁמָ֖הּ לֹ֣א רֻחָ֑מָה כִּי֩ לֹ֨א אֹוסִ֜יף עֹ֗וד אֲרַחֵם֙ אֶת־בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּֽי־נָשֹׂ֥א אֶשָּׂ֖א לָהֶֽם׃ And she conceived again and bore a daughter. And He said to him, “Call her name Lo Ruḥama, for I … Continue reading →

וְהָיָ֖ה בַּיֹּ֣ום הַה֑וּא וְשָֽׁבַרְתִּי֙ אֶת־קֶ֣שֶׁת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּעֵ֖מֶק יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃ And it shall come to pass in that day that I will break the bow of Yisraʾel in the valley of Yizreʿel.”   Morphology וְהָיָה (ve-hayah) – Root: היה (h-y-h); Form: Qal … Continue reading →

וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ֙ וַיִּקַּ֔ח אֶת־גֹּ֖מֶר בַּת־דִּבְלָ֑יִם וַתַּ֥הַר וַתֵּֽלֶד־לֹ֖ו בֵּֽן׃ And he went and took Gomer daughter of Divlayim, and she conceived and bore him a son.   Morphology וַיֵּלֶךְ (va-yelekh) – Root: הלך (halakh); Form: Qal wayyiqtol (narrative past) 3ms; Translation: “and … Continue reading →

תְּחִלַּ֥ת דִּבֶּר־יְהוָ֖ה בְּהֹושֵׁ֑עַ פ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־הֹושֵׁ֗עַ לֵ֣ךְ קַח־לְךָ֞ אֵ֤שֶׁת זְנוּנִים֙ וְיַלְדֵ֣י זְנוּנִ֔ים כִּֽי־זָנֹ֤ה תִזְנֶה֙ הָאָ֔רֶץ מֵֽאַחֲרֵ֖י יְהוָֽה׃ The beginning of the word of YHWH through Hoshea; and YHWH said to Hoshea, “Go, take for yourself a wife of whoredom … Continue reading →

דְּבַר־יְהוָ֣ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָיָ֗ה אֶל־הֹושֵׁ֨עַ֙ בֶּן־בְּאֵרִ֔י בִּימֵ֨י עֻזִּיָּ֥ה יֹותָ֛ם אָחָ֥ז יְחִזְקִיָּ֖ה מַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה וּבִימֵ֛י יָרָבְעָ֥ם בֶּן־יֹואָ֖שׁ מֶ֥לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ The word of YHWH that came to Hoshea son of Beʾeri, in the days of ʿUziyya, Yotam, Aḥaz, and Yeḥizqiyya, kings of Yehuda, … Continue reading →

The Book of Hosea