Hosea 2:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.”

Hosea 2:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Hosea 2:35 words

HebrewMeaning

אִמְר֥וּʾimərw

answerverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

לַ/אֲחֵי/כֶ֖םlaʾăḥēykem

brotherpronH251

brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'

עַמִּ֑/יʿamiy

peoplenounH5971

men · nation · people

וְ/לַ/אֲחֽוֹתֵי/כֶ֖םwəlaʾăḥwōtēykem

otherconjH269

sister · together

רֻחָֽמָהruḥāmāh

have compassion (onverbH7355

upon) · love · (find · have ···

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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