Hosea 2:4
{ "verseID": "Hosea.2.4", "source": "רִ֤יבוּ בְאִמְּכֶם֙ רִ֔יבוּ כִּֽי־הִיא֙ לֹ֣א אִשְׁתִּ֔י וְאָנֹכִ֖י לֹ֣א אִישָׁ֑הּ וְתָסֵ֤ר זְנוּנֶ֙יהָ֙ מִפָּנֶ֔יה וְנַאֲפוּפֶ֖יהָ מִבֵּ֥ין שָׁדֶֽיהָ׃", "text": "*rîbû* against-*ʾimmekem* *rîbû* for-*hîʾ* not *ʾištî* and *ʾānōkî* not *ʾîšāh*; and let-*tāsēr* *zənûnêhā* from-*pānêhā* and *naʾăpûpêhā* from-between *šādêhā*.", "grammar": { "*rîbû*": "qal imperative, masculine, plural - contend/plead", "*ʾimmekem*": "noun + preposition + pronominal suffix, 2nd plural, masculine - your mother", "*rîbû*": "qal imperative, masculine, plural - contend/plead", "*hîʾ*": "independent personal pronoun, 3rd singular, feminine - she", "*ʾištî*": "noun + pronominal suffix, 1st singular - my wife", "*ʾānōkî*": "independent personal pronoun, 1st singular - I", "*ʾîšāh*": "noun + pronominal suffix, 3rd singular, feminine - her husband", "*tāsēr*": "hiphil jussive, 3rd singular, feminine - let her remove", "*zənûnêhā*": "noun, plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd singular, feminine - her harlotries", "*pānêhā*": "noun, plural, construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd singular, feminine - her face", "*naʾăpûpêhā*": "noun, plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd singular, feminine - her adulteries", "*šādêhā*": "noun, dual + pronominal suffix, 3rd singular, feminine - her breasts" }, "variants": { "*rîbû*": "contend/plead/bring charges against", "*ʾimmekem*": "your mother (collective reference to the nation)", "*ʾištî*": "my wife/spouse", "*ʾîšāh*": "her husband/spouse", "*tāsēr*": "let her remove/put away/turn aside", "*zənûnêhā*": "her harlotries/prostitutions/sexual immoralities", "*pānêhā*": "her face/presence/appearance", "*naʾăpûpêhā*": "her adulteries/acts of unfaithfulness", "*šādêhā*": "her breasts (symbolic of intimacy)" } }