Hosea 3:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

So I bought her to me for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָאֶכְּרֶ֣הָ לִּ֔י בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר כָּ֑סֶף וְחֹ֥מֶר שְׂעֹרִ֖ים וְלֵ֥תֶךְ שְׂעֹרִֽים׃

Transliteration

And-wāʾekkəreh for-me in-fifteen kāsep and-ḥōmer śəʿōrîm and-lētek śəʿōrîm.

Grammar Details

*wāʾekkəreh*: qal imperfect consecutive with 3rd feminine singular suffix, 1st common singular - and I bought/acquired her
*kāsep*: noun, masculine singular - silver/money
*ḥōmer*: noun, masculine singular - homer (unit of dry measure)
*śəʿōrîm*: noun, feminine plural - barley
*lētek*: noun, masculine singular - lethech (unit of dry measure, half a homer)

Word Meanings

*wāʾekkəreh*: I bought her/I acquired her/I hired her
*kāsep*: silver/money/shekels of silver
*ḥōmer*: homer (approximately 220-400 liters)
*lētek*: lethech (approximately 110-200 liters)

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Lev 27:16 : 16 And if a man shall sanctify unto Jehovah part of the field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the sowing thereof: the sowing of a homer of barley [shall be valued] at fifty shekels of silver.
Ezek 45:11 : 11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the tenth part of a homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
1 Sam 18:25 : 25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
Isa 5:10 : 10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield [but] an ephah.
Gen 31:41 : 41 These twenty years have I been in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
Gen 34:12 : 12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
Exod 22:17 : 17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Hos 3:3
86%
3and I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be any man's wife: so will I also be toward thee.
Hos 3:1
83%
1And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of [her] friend, and an adulteress, even as Jehovah loveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes of raisins.
Hos 2:7-10
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76%
7And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
8For she did not know that I gave her the grain, and the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied unto her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.
9Therefore will I take back my grain in the time thereof, and my new wine in the season thereof, and will pluck away my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.
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Jer 32:9-10
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9And I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel mine uncle's son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.
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Ruth 3:15
73%
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Zech 11:12-13
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73%
12And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my hire; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my hire thirty [pieces] of silver.
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Ruth 3:17
72%
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Hos 1:3
71%
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Deut 22:29
71%
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Ezek 16:17
70%
17Thou didst also take thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest for thee images of men, and didst play the harlot with them;
Lev 27:16
70%
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Jer 3:7-9
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70%
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Deut 21:13-14
2 verses
70%
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Deut 22:14
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Ezek 23:17
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Ezek 23:5
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Deut 22:19
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Ezek 16:32
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