Hosea 6:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְכוּ֙ וְנָשׁ֣וּבָה אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֛י ה֥וּא טָרָ֖ף וְיִרְפָּאֵ֑נוּ יַ֖ךְ וְיַחְבְּשֵֽׁנוּ׃

Transliteration

lәkû wә-nāšûḇāh to-YHWH, for he ṭārāp̄ and-yirpāʾēnû, yak and-yəḥabbәšēnû

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*lәkû*: come/go/proceed
*ṭārāp̄*: tore/rent/torn in pieces/mauled
*yak*: strikes/smites/wounds
*yəḥabbәšēnû*: binds up our wounds/bandages us

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Referenced Verses

Deut 32:39 : 39 See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
1 Sam 2:6 : 6 Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.
Job 5:18 : 18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Job 34:29 : 29 When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? Alike whether [it be done] unto a nation, or unto a man:
Isa 2:3 : 3 And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.
Hos 14:4 : 4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.
Hos 14:1 : 1 O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
Lam 3:32-33 : 32 For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. 33 For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
Lam 3:40-41 : 40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah. 41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
Hos 5:12-15 : 12 Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. 13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound, then went Ephraim to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound. 14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver. 15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly.
Hos 13:7-9 : 7 Therefore am I unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way; 8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them. 9 It is thy destruction, O Israel, that [thou art] against me, against thy help.
Ps 30:7 : 7 Thou, Jehovah, of thy favor hadst made my mountain to stand strong. Thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled.
Isa 30:22 : 22 And ye shall defile the overlaying of thy graven images of silver, and the plating of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as an unclean thing; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
Isa 30:26 : 26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that Jehovah bindeth up the hurt of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Isa 55:7 : 7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Jer 3:22 : 22 Return, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we are come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God.
Jer 30:12 : 12 For thus saith Jehovah, Thy hurt is incurable, and thy wound grievous.
Jer 30:17 : 17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith Jehovah; because they have called thee an outcast, [saying], It is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
Jer 33:5 : 5 while [men] come to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my wrath, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city:
Jer 50:4 : 4 In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Jehovah their God.
Zeph 2:1 : 1 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation that hath no shame;

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Jer 3:21-22
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12Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn ye unto me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
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Hos 14:1-2
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Isa 1:5-6
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Hos 14:4
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Jer 17:14
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