Hosea 11:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֛י נַ֥עַר יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וָאֹהֲבֵ֑הוּ וּמִמִּצְרַ֖יִם קָרָ֥אתִי לִבְנִֽי׃

Transliteration

For naʿar Yiśrāʾēl and-ʾōhăbēhû and-from-Miṣrayim qārāʾtî to-bənî.

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because/when
*naʿar*: noun, masculine singular construct - youth/boy/servant
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*wə-*: conjunction prefix - and
*ʾōhăbēhû*: verb, qal imperfect 1st person singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - I loved him
*û-*: conjunction prefix - and
*min-*: preposition - from
*Miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
*qārāʾtî*: verb, qal perfect 1st person singular - I called
*lə-*: preposition prefix - to/for
*bənî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my son

Word Meanings

*naʿar*: youth/child/boy/servant
*ʾōhăbēhû*: loved him/showed love to him
*qārāʾtî*: called/summoned/named

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Referenced Verses

Exod 4:22 : 22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born:
Matt 2:15 : 15 and was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt did I call my son.
Hos 2:15 : 15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she shall make answer there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
Deut 7:7 : 7 Jehovah did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples:
Jer 2:2 : 2 Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I remember for thee the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals; how thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
Hos 12:9 : 9 But I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt; I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
Hos 12:13 : 13 And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
Hos 13:4 : 4 Yet I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt; and thou shalt know no god but me, and besides me there is no saviour.
Mal 1:2 : 2 I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob;
Ezek 16:6 : 6 And when I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, I said unto thee, [Though thou art] in thy blood, live; yea, I said unto thee, [Though thou art] in thy blood, live.

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