Hosea 4:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For Israel hath behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֚י כְּפָרָ֣ה סֹֽרֵרָ֔ה סָרַ֖ר יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עַתָּה֙ יִרְעֵ֣ם יְהוָ֔ה כְּכֶ֖בֶשׂ בַּמֶּרְחָֽב׃

Transliteration

kî kə-pārâ sōrērâ sārar Yiśrāʾēl ʿattâ yirʿēm YHWH kə-kebeś ba-mmerḥāb

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*kə-pārâ*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - like a heifer/cow
*sōrērâ*: participle, feminine singular, qal - stubborn/rebellious
*sārar*: perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - has been stubborn/rebellious
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*ʿattâ*: adverb - now
*yirʿēm*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - he will feed/pasture them
*YHWH*: divine name
*kə-kebeś*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - like a lamb
*ba-mmerḥāb*: preposition + noun with definite article, masculine singular - in the broad/wide place

Word Meanings

*pārâ*: heifer/cow
*sārar*: be stubborn/rebellious/defiant
*rāʿâ*: feed/pasture/tend/shepherd
*kebeś*: lamb/sheep
*merḥāb*: broad/wide place/open space

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Referenced Verses

Lev 26:33 : 33 And you will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you: and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
1 Sam 15:11 : 11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And Samuel was wroth; and he cried unto Jehovah all night.
Isa 5:17 : 17 Then shall the lambs feed as in their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall wanderers eat.
Isa 7:21-25 : 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep; 22 and it shall come to pass, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the midst of the land. 23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, shall be for briers and thorns. 24 With arrows and with bow shall one come thither, because all the land shall be briers and thorns. 25 And all the hills that were digged with the mattock, thou shalt not come thither for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep.
Isa 22:18 : 18 He will surely wind thee round and round, [and toss] [thee] like a ball into a large country; there shalt thou die, and there shall be the chariots of thy glory, thou shame of thy lord's house.
Jer 3:6 : 6 Moreover Jehovah said unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
Jer 3:8 : 8 And I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorcement, yet treacherous Judah her sister feared not; but she also went and played the harlot.
Jer 3:11 : 11 And Jehovah said unto me, Backsliding Israel hath showed herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
Jer 5:6 : 6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, [and] their backslidings are increased.
Jer 7:24 : 24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in [their own] counsels [and] in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
Jer 8:5 : 5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
Jer 14:7 : 7 Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name's sake, O Jehovah; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
Hos 11:7 : 7 And my people are bent on backsliding from me: though they call them to [him that is] on high, none at all will exalt [him].
Zech 7:11 : 11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

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