{ "verseID": "Hosea.6.1", "source": "לְכוּ֙ וְנָשׁ֣וּבָה אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֛י ה֥וּא טָרָ֖ף וְיִרְפָּאֵ֑נוּ יַ֖ךְ וְיַחְבְּשֵֽׁנוּ׃", "text": "*lәkû* *wә-nāšûḇāh* to-*YHWH*, for he *ṭārāp̄* and-*yirpāʾēnû*, *yak* and-*yəḥabbәšēnû*", "grammar": { "*lәkû*": "imperative, plural - come/go", "*wә-nāšûḇāh*": "conjunction + cohortative, 1st person plural - and let us return", "*YHWH*": "proper name - LORD/Yahweh", "*ṭārāp̄*": "perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - tore/rent", "*yirpāʾēnû*": "imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 1st person plural suffix - he will heal us", "*yak*": "imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he strikes/smites", "*yəḥabbәšēnû*": "imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 1st person plural suffix - he will bind us up" }, "variants": { "*lәkû*": "come/go/proceed", "*ṭārāp̄*": "tore/rent/torn in pieces/mauled", "*yak*": "strikes/smites/wounds", "*yəḥabbәšēnû*": "binds up our wounds/bandages us" } }

{ "verseID": "Hosea.6.2", "source": "יְחַיֵּ֖נוּ מִיֹּמָ֑יִם בַּיּוֹם֙ הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔י יְקִמֵ֖נוּ וְנִחְיֶ֥ה לְפָנָֽיו׃", "text": "*yәḥayyēnû* from-*yōmāyim*, in-the-day the-*šәlîšî* *yәqimēnû* and-*niḥyeh* before-him", "grammar": { "*yәḥayyēnû*": "imperfect, Piel, 3rd person masculine singular + 1st person plural suffix - he will revive us", "*yōmāyim*": "dual noun - two days", "*šәlîšî*": "ordinal number, masculine singular - third", "*yәqimēnû*": "imperfect, Hiphil, 3rd person masculine singular + 1st person plural suffix - he will raise us up", "*niḥyeh*": "imperfect, 1st person plural, cohortative sense - we shall live" }, "variants": { "*yәḥayyēnû*": "will revive us/give us life/make us alive", "*yōmāyim*": "two days/a couple of days", "*yәqimēnû*": "will raise us up/restore us/establish us" } }

{ "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" } }

{ "verseID": "Hosea.6.4", "source": "מָ֤ה אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־לְּךָ֙ אֶפְרַ֔יִם מָ֥ה אֶעֱשֶׂה־לְּךָ֖ יְהוּדָ֑ה וְחַסְדְּכֶם֙ כַּֽעֲנַן־בֹּ֔קֶר וְכַטַּ֖ל מַשְׁכִּ֥ים הֹלֵֽךְ׃", "text": "What *ʾe'ĕśeh*-to-you *ʾep̄rayim*, what *ʾe'ĕśeh*-to-you *yәhûḏāh*? And-*ḥasdәḵem* like-*'ănan*-*bōqer* and-like-the-*ṭal* *maškîm* *hōlēḵ*", "grammar": { "*ʾe'ĕśeh*": "imperfect, 1st person singular - I shall do", "*ʾep̄rayim*": "proper noun - Ephraim", "*yәhûḏāh*": "proper noun - Judah", "*ḥasdәḵem*": "noun + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your loyalty/devotion", "*'ănan*": "construct noun, masculine singular - cloud of", "*bōqer*": "noun, masculine singular - morning", "*ṭal*": "noun, masculine singular - dew", "*maškîm*": "Hiphil participle, masculine singular - rising early", "*hōlēḵ*": "Qal participle, masculine singular - going/disappearing" }, "variants": { "*ḥasdәḵem*": "your loyalty/your faithfulness/your loving-kindness/your covenant faithfulness", "*'ănan*": "cloud/mist", "*maškîm*": "early-rising/early-appearing", "*hōlēḵ*": "goes away/disappears/departs" } }

{ "verseID": "Hosea.6.5", "source": "עַל־כֵּ֗ן חָצַ֙בְתִּי֙ בַּנְּבִיאִ֔ים הֲרַגְתִּ֖ים בְּאִמְרֵי־פִ֑י וּמִשְׁפָּטֶ֖יךָ א֥וֹר יֵצֵֽא׃", "text": "Therefore *ḥāṣaḇtî* by-the-*nәḇîʾîm*, *hăraḡtîm* by-*ʾimrê*-my-mouth, and-*mišpāṭeḵā* *ʾôr* *yēṣēʾ*", "grammar": { "*ḥāṣaḇtî*": "perfect, 1st person singular - I hewed/cut down", "*nәḇîʾîm*": "noun, masculine plural - prophets", "*hăraḡtîm*": "perfect, 1st person singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - I killed them", "*ʾimrê*": "construct plural noun - words of/sayings of", "*mišpāṭeḵā*": "noun, masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your judgments", "*ʾôr*": "noun, masculine singular - light", "*yēṣēʾ*": "imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - goes forth/comes out" }, "variants": { "*ḥāṣaḇtî*": "I hewed/I cut down/I carved out", "*hăraḡtîm*": "I killed them/I slew them", "*ʾimrê*": "words/sayings/utterances", "*mišpāṭeḵā*": "your judgments/your justice/your ordinances" } }

{ "verseID": "Hosea.6.6", "source": "כִּ֛י חֶ֥סֶד חָפַ֖צְתִּי וְלֹא־זָ֑בַח וְדַ֥עַת אֱלֹהִ֖ים מֵעֹלֽוֹת׃", "text": "For *ḥeseḏ* *ḥāp̄aṣtî* and-not-*zāḇaḥ*, and-*ḏa'aṯ* *ʾĕlōhîm* more-than-*'ōlôṯ*", "grammar": { "*ḥeseḏ*": "noun, masculine singular - loyalty/faithfulness", "*ḥāp̄aṣtî*": "perfect, 1st person singular - I desire/delight in", "*zāḇaḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - sacrifice", "*ḏa'aṯ*": "noun, feminine singular construct - knowledge of", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine plural - God", "*'ōlôṯ*": "noun, feminine plural - burnt offerings" }, "variants": { "*ḥeseḏ*": "loyalty/faithfulness/steadfast love/mercy/covenant faithfulness", "*ḥāp̄aṣtî*": "I desire/I delight in/I am pleased with", "*ḏa'aṯ*": "knowledge/acknowledgment/recognition" } }

{ "verseID": "Hosea.6.7", "source": "וְהֵ֕מָּה כְּאָדָ֖ם עָבְר֣וּ בְרִ֑ית שָׁ֖ם בָּ֥גְדוּ בִֽי׃", "text": "And-*hēmmāh* like-*ʾāḏām* *'āḇәrû* *bәrîṯ*; there *bāḡәḏû* against-me", "grammar": { "*hēmmāh*": "3rd person masculine plural pronoun - they", "*ʾāḏām*": "proper noun or collective noun - Adam/mankind", "*'āḇәrû*": "perfect, 3rd person plural - they transgressed/crossed over", "*bәrîṯ*": "noun, feminine singular - covenant", "*bāḡәḏû*": "perfect, 3rd person plural - they acted treacherously" }, "variants": { "*ʾāḏām*": "Adam [as proper name]/mankind/humans/a place name", "*'āḇәrû*": "they transgressed/they violated/they broke", "*bāḡәḏû*": "they acted treacherously/they dealt faithlessly/they betrayed" } }

{ "verseID": "Hosea.6.8", "source": "גִּלְעָ֕ד קִרְיַ֖ת פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן עֲקֻבָּ֖ה מִדָּֽם׃", "text": "*Gil'āḏ* *qiryaṯ* *pō'ălê* *ʾāwen*, *'ăqubbāh* from-*dām*", "grammar": { "*Gil'āḏ*": "proper noun - Gilead", "*qiryaṯ*": "construct noun, feminine singular - city of", "*pō'ălê*": "construct plural Qal participle - workers of/doers of", "*ʾāwen*": "noun, masculine singular - iniquity/wickedness", "*'ăqubbāh*": "Qal passive participle, feminine singular - tracked/marked", "*dām*": "noun, masculine singular - blood" }, "variants": { "*qiryaṯ*": "city of/town of", "*pō'ălê*": "workers of/doers of/practitioners of", "*ʾāwen*": "iniquity/wickedness/evil/trouble", "*'ăqubbāh*": "tracked/marked/footprinted/stained" } }

{ "verseID": "Hosea.6.9", "source": "וּכְחַכֵּ֨י אִ֜ישׁ גְּדוּדִ֗ים חֶ֚בֶר כֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים דֶּ֖רֶךְ יְרַצְּחוּ־שֶׁ֑כְמָה כִּ֥י זִמָּ֖ה עָשֽׂוּ׃", "text": "And-like-*ḥakkê* *ʾîš* *gәḏûḏîm* *ḥeḇer* *kōhănîm* *dereḵ* *yәraṣṣәḥû*-*šeḵәmāh*, for *zimmāh* *'āśû*", "grammar": { "*ḥakkê*": "Piel participle, masculine plural construct - waiters for/lurkers for", "*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - man", "*gәḏûḏîm*": "noun, masculine plural - troops/bandits/raiders", "*ḥeḇer*": "noun, masculine singular construct - company of/band of", "*kōhănîm*": "noun, masculine plural - priests", "*dereḵ*": "noun, masculine singular - way/road", "*yәraṣṣәḥû*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they murder", "*šeḵәmāh*": "proper noun + directional he - toward Shechem", "*zimmāh*": "noun, feminine singular - wickedness/lewdness", "*'āśû*": "perfect, 3rd person plural - they did/committed" }, "variants": { "*ḥakkê*": "those waiting for/lurking for/lying in wait for", "*gәḏûḏîm*": "troops/bandits/marauders/raiders", "*ḥeḇer*": "company of/band of/gang of", "*dereḵ*": "way/road/highway/path", "*zimmāh*": "wickedness/lewdness/heinous crime/evil purpose" } }

{ "verseID": "Hosea.6.10", "source": "בְּבֵית֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל רָאִ֖יתִי *שעריריה **שַׁעֲרֽוּרִיָּ֑ה שָׁ֚ם זְנ֣וּת לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם נִטְמָ֖א יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃", "text": "In-*bêṯ* *Yiśrāʾēl* *rāʾîṯî* *ša'ărûriyyāh*; there *zәnûṯ* for-*ʾep̄rayim*, *niṭmāʾ* *Yiśrāʾēl*", "grammar": { "*bêṯ*": "construct noun, masculine singular - house of", "*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel", "*rāʾîṯî*": "perfect, 1st person singular - I have seen", "*ša'ărûriyyāh*": "noun, feminine singular - horrible thing/horror", "*zәnûṯ*": "noun, feminine singular - harlotry/prostitution", "*ʾep̄rayim*": "proper noun - Ephraim", "*niṭmāʾ*": "Niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - is defiled/made unclean" }, "variants": { "*bêṯ*": "house of/household of", "*rāʾîṯî*": "I have seen/I observed", "*ša'ărûriyyāh*": "horrible thing/horror/abomination", "*zәnûṯ*": "harlotry/prostitution/sexual immorality/unfaithfulness", "*niṭmāʾ*": "is defiled/made unclean/polluted" } }

{ "verseID": "Hosea.6.11", "source": "גַּם־יְהוּדָ֕ה שָׁ֥ת קָצִ֖יר לָ֑ךְ בְּשׁוּבִ֖י שְׁב֥וּת עַמִּֽי׃ פ", "text": "Also-*Yәhûḏāh* *šāṯ* *qāṣîr* for-you, when-*šûḇî* *šәḇûṯ* my-*'am*", "grammar": { "*Yәhûḏāh*": "proper noun - Judah", "*šāṯ*": "perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he appointed/set", "*qāṣîr*": "noun, masculine singular - harvest", "*šûḇî*": "infinitive construct + 1st person singular suffix - my returning", "*šәḇûṯ*": "noun, feminine singular construct - captivity of/fortunes of", "*'am*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my people" }, "variants": { "*šāṯ*": "appointed/set/placed", "*qāṣîr*": "harvest/reaping", "*šәḇûṯ*": "captivity/fortunes/prosperity" } }