Hosea 3:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:”

Hosea 3:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Hosea 3:29 words

HebrewMeaning

וָ/אֶכְּרֶ֣/הָwāʾekərehā

buyconjH3739

prepare

לִּ֔/יliy

pron

בַּ/חֲמִשָּׁ֥הbaḥămišāh

fifpronH2568

fifth · five

עָשָׂ֖רʿāśār

(eigh-adjH6240

fif- · four- · nine- · seven- ···

כָּ֑סֶףkāsep

moneynounH3701

price · silver

וְ/חֹ֥מֶרwəḥōmer

clayconjH2563

heap · homer · mire · motion

שְׂעֹרִ֖יםśəʿōriym

barleynounH8184

וְ/לֵ֥תֶךְwəlētekə

half homer. mconjH3963

שְׂעֹרִֽיםśəʿōriym

barleynounH8184

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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