Hosea 6:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנֵדְעָ֣ה נִרְדְּפָ֗ה לָדַ֙עַת֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה כְּשַׁ֖חַר נָכ֣וֹן מֽוֹצָא֑וֹ וְיָב֤וֹא כַגֶּ֙שֶׁם֙ לָ֔נוּ כְּמַלְק֖וֹשׁ י֥וֹרֶה אָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

And-nēḏә'āh nirdәp̄āh to-lāḏa'aṯ ʾeṯ-YHWH; like-šaḥar nāḵôn môṣāʾô, and-yāḇôʾ like-the-gešem to-us, like-malqôš yôreh ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

• *nēḏә'āh*: cohortative, 1st person plural - let us know
• *nirdәp̄āh*: cohortative, 1st person plural - let us pursue
• *lāḏa'aṯ*: infinitive construct with preposition - to know
• *ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
• *šaḥar*: noun, masculine singular - dawn
• *nāḵôn*: Niphal participle, masculine singular - established/fixed
• *môṣāʾô*: noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his going forth
• *yāḇôʾ*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will come
• *gešem*: noun, masculine singular - rain/shower
• *malqôš*: noun, masculine singular - latter rain/spring rain
• *yôreh*: Hiphil participle - waters/gives early rain to
• *ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - earth/land

Word Meanings

• *šaḥar*: dawn/morning/daybreak
• *nāḵôn*: established/fixed/certain
• *môṣāʾô*: his going forth/his appearance/his rising
• *gešem*: rain/shower/downpour
• *malqôš*: latter rain/spring rain (March-April)
• *yôreh*: early rain/autumn rain/teaches

Referenced Verses

• Ps 72:6 : 6 He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.
• Prov 2:1-5 : 1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee; 2 So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures: 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God.
• Acts 17:11 : 11 Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures {G2596} daily, whether these things were so.
• Phil 3:13-15 : 13 Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing [I do], forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, 14 I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye are otherwise minded, this also shall God reveal {G2532} unto you:
• Mic 4:2 : 2 And many nations shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, and 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;
• Mic 5:2 : 2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.
• Mic 5:7 : 7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as dew from Jehovah, as showers upon the grass, that tarry not for man, nor wait for the sons of men.
• Zech 10:1 : 1 Ask ye of Jehovah rain in the time of the latter rain, [even of] Jehovah that maketh lightnings; and he will give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
• Mal 4:2 : 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.
• Matt 13:11 : 11 And he answered and said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
• Luke 1:78 : 78 Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us,
• John 7:17 : 17 If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or [whether] I speak from myself.
• John 17:3 : 3 And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, [even] Jesus Christ.
• Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
• Isa 5:6 : 6 and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor hoed; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
• Isa 32:15 : 15 until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest.
• Isa 44:3 : 3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
• Isa 54:13 : 13 And all thy children shall be taught of Jehovah; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
• Jer 24:7 : 7 And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Jehovah: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
• Ezek 36:25 : 25 And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
• Hos 2:20 : 20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know Jehovah.
• Hos 10:12 : 12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness; break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Jehovah, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
• Hos 14:5 : 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
• Joel 2:23-24 : 23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in Jehovah your God; for he giveth you the former rain in just measure, and he causeth to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain, in the first month. 24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil.
• Heb 3:14 : 14 for we are become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end:
• 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 And we have the word of prophecy [made] more sure; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark place, until {G3757} the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts:
• Rev 22:16 : 16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright, the morning star.
• Deut 32:2 : 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain; My speech shall distil as the dew, As the small rain upon the tender grass, And as the showers upon the herb.
• 2 Sam 23:4 : 4 [ He shall be] as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, A morning without clouds, [When] the tender grass [springeth] out of the earth, Through clear shining after rain.
• Job 29:23 : 23 And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.
• Ps 19:4 : 4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
• Ps 65:9 : 9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it, Thou greatly enrichest it; The river of God is full of water: Thou providest them grain, when thou hast so prepared the earth.