Hosea 10:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the Lord; what then should a king do to us?”

Hosea 10:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Hosea 10:315 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּ֤יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

עַתָּה֙ʿatāh

henceforthadvH6258

now · straightway · this time · whereas

יֹֽאמְר֔וּyōʾmərw

answerverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

אֵ֥יןʾēyn

elseparticleH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

מֶ֖לֶךְmelekə

kingnounH4428

royal

לָ֑/נוּlānw

pron

כִּ֣יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

לֹ֤אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יָרֵ֨אנוּ֙yārēʾnw

affrightverbH3372

be afraid · dread · fear(-ful · -fully ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

יְהֹוָ֔הyəhōwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

וְ/הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְwəhamelekə

kingconjH4428

royal

מַהmah

how (longparticleH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

יַּֽעֲשֶׂהyaʿăśeh

accomplishverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

לָּֽ/נוּlānw

pron

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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