{
"verseID": "Hosea.6.3",
"source": "וְנֵדְעָ֣ה נִרְדְּפָ֗ה לָדַ֙עַת֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה כְּשַׁ֖חַר נָכ֣וֹן מֽוֹצָא֑וֹ וְיָב֤וֹא כַגֶּ֙שֶׁם֙ לָ֔נוּ כְּמַלְק֖וֹשׁ י֥וֹרֶה אָֽרֶץ׃",
"text": "And-*nēḏә'āh* *nirdәp̄āh* to-*lāḏa'aṯ* *ʾeṯ*-*YHWH*; like-*šaḥar* *nāḵôn* *môṣāʾô*, and-*yāḇôʾ* like-the-*gešem* to-us, like-*malqôš* *yôreh* *ʾāreṣ*",
"grammar": {
"*nēḏә'āh*": "cohortative, 1st person plural - let us know",
"*nirdәp̄āh*": "cohortative, 1st person plural - let us pursue",
"*lāḏa'aṯ*": "infinitive construct with preposition - to know",
"*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*šaḥar*": "noun, masculine singular - dawn",
"*nāḵôn*": "Niphal participle, masculine singular - established/fixed",
"*môṣāʾô*": "noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his going forth",
"*yāḇôʾ*": "imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will come",
"*gešem*": "noun, masculine singular - rain/shower",
"*malqôš*": "noun, masculine singular - latter rain/spring rain",
"*yôreh*": "Hiphil participle - waters/gives early rain to",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - earth/land"
},
"variants": {
"*šaḥar*": "dawn/morning/daybreak",
"*nāḵôn*": "established/fixed/certain",
"*môṣāʾô*": "his going forth/his appearance/his rising",
"*gešem*": "rain/shower/downpour",
"*malqôš*": "latter rain/spring rain (March-April)",
"*yôreh*": "early rain/autumn rain/teaches"
}
}