Hosea 13:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאָנֹכִ֛י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וֵאלֹהִ֤ים זֽוּלָתִי֙ לֹ֣א תֵדָ֔ע וּמוֹשִׁ֥יעַ אַ֖יִן בִּלְתִּֽי׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾānōkî YHWH ʾĕlōhîm-your from-ʾereṣ miṣrayim wə-ʾĕlōhîm zûlātî lōʾ you yādaʿ û-môšîaʿ ʾayin biltî

Grammar Details

*wə-ʾānōkî*: conjunction + independent personal pronoun, 1st person singular - 'and I'
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your God'
*ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct - 'land of'
*miṣrayim*: proper noun - 'Egypt'
*wə-*: conjunction - 'and'
*zûlātî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - 'besides me'
*lōʾ*: negative particle - 'not'
*yādaʿ*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - 'know/recognize'
*û-*: conjunction - 'and'
*môšîaʿ*: Hiphil participle, masculine singular - 'savior/deliverer'
*ʾayin*: particle of negation - 'there is not'
*biltî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - 'besides me/except me'

Word Meanings

*ʾānōkî*: I/I myself (emphatic)
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/deity
*yādaʿ*: know/recognize/acknowledge
*môšîaʿ*: savior/deliverer/one who saves
*zûlātî*: besides me/except me/other than me
*biltî*: besides me/except me/apart from me

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

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.
Isa 45:21-22 : 21 Declare ye, and bring [it] forth; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath showed this from ancient time? who hath declared it of old? have not I, Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Saviour; there is none besides me. 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.
Isa 43:10-13 : 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. 11 I, even I, am Jehovah; and besides me there is no saviour. 12 I have declared, and I have saved, and I have showed; and there was no strange [god] among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and I am God. 13 Yea, since the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it?
Isa 44:6-8 : 6 Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God. 7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and that shall come to pass, let them declare. 8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have I not declared unto thee of old, and showed it? and ye are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? yea, there is no Rock; I know not any.
Exod 20:2-3 : 2 I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Ps 81:9-9 : 9 There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god. 10 I am Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Isa 43:3 : 3 For I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour; I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead.
Acts 4:12 : 12 And in none other is there salvation: for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, {G1722} wherein we must be saved.

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