Hosea 9:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They shall not dwell in Jehovah's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹ֥א יֵשְׁב֖וּ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ יְהוָ֑ה וְשָׁ֤ב אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ מִצְרַ֔יִם וּבְאַשּׁ֖וּר טָמֵ֥א יֹאכֵֽלוּ׃

Transliteration

Not yēšbû in-ʾereṣ YHWH and-šāb ʾeprayim miṣrayim and-in-ʾaššûr ṭāmēʾ yōʾkēlû.

Grammar Details

*yēšbû*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - 'they will dwell/remain'
*ʾereṣ*: feminine singular construct - 'land of'
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*šāb*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - 'returned/will return'
*ʾeprayim*: proper noun - 'Ephraim' (northern kingdom)
*miṣrayim*: proper noun - 'Egypt'
*ʾaššûr*: proper noun - 'Assyria'
*ṭāmēʾ*: adjective masculine singular - 'unclean/defiled'
*yōʾkēlû*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - 'they will eat'

Word Meanings

*yēšbû*: they will dwell/they will remain/they will inhabit
*ʾereṣ*: land/country/territory
*šāb*: returned/will return/turned back
*ṭāmēʾ*: unclean/defiled/impure food
*yōʾkēlû*: they will eat/they will consume

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 4:13 : 13 And Jehovah said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations whither I will drive them.
Hos 8:13 : 13 As for the sacrifices of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but Jehovah accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
Lev 25:23 : 23 And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is mine: for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
Jer 2:7 : 7 And I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.
Jer 16:18 : 18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and have filled mine inheritance with their abominations.
Dan 1:8 : 8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's dainties, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
Hos 7:11 : 11 And Ephraim is like a silly dove, without understanding: they call unto Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Deut 4:26 : 26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over the Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
Deut 28:63 : 63 And it shall come to pass, that, as Jehovah rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so Jehovah will rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest in to possess it.
1 Kgs 9:7 : 7 then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
2 Kgs 17:6 : 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away unto Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
Isa 11:15-16 : 15 And Jehovah will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his scorching wind will he wave his hand over the River, and will smite it into seven streams, and cause men to march over dryshod. 16 And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people, that shall remain, from Assyria; like as there was for Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
Lev 18:28 : 28 that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
Lev 20:22 : 22 Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them; that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, vomit you not out.
Deut 28:68 : 68 And Jehovah will bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall sell yourselves unto your enemies for bondmen and for bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
Josh 23:15 : 15 And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon you of which Jehovah your God spake unto you, so will Jehovah bring upon you all the evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you.
Hos 9:6 : 6 For, lo, they are gone away from destruction; [yet] Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them; their pleasant things of silver, nettles shall possess them; thorns shall be in their tents.
Hos 11:5 : 5 They shall not return into the land of Egypt; but the Assyrian shall be their king, because they refused to return [to me].
Hos 11:11 : 11 They shall come trembling as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria; and I will make them to dwell in their houses, saith Jehovah.
Mic 2:10 : 10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your resting-place; because of uncleanness that destroyeth, even with a grievous destruction.
Acts 10:14 : 14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unclean.

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