Hosea 11:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.”

Hosea 11:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Hosea 11:414 words

HebrewMeaning

בְּ/חַבְלֵ֨יbəḥabəlēy

bandpronH2256

coast · company · cord · country ···

אָדָ֤םʾādām

man (meannounH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

אֶמְשְׁכֵ/ם֙ʾeməšəkēm

draw (alongverbH4900

out) · continue · defer · extend ···

בַּ/עֲבֹת֣וֹתbaʿăbōtwōt

bandpronH5688

cord · rope · thick bough · wreathen

אַהֲבָ֔הʾahăbāh

lovenounH160

וָ/אֶהְיֶ֥הwāʾehəyeh

beaconconjH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

לָ/הֶ֛םlāhem

pron

כִּ/מְרִ֥ימֵיkiməriymēy

bring uppronH7311

exalt · extol · give · go up ···

עֹ֖לʿōl

yokenounH5923

עַ֣לʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

לְחֵי/הֶ֑םləḥēyhem

cheeknounH3895

jaw

וְ/אַ֥טwəʾaṭ

applyconjH5186

afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···

אֵלָ֖י/וʾēlāyw

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

אוֹכִֽילʾwōkiyl

burn upverbH398

at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···

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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