3 {
"verseID": "Hosea.2.3",
"source": "אִמְר֥וּ לַאֲחֵיכֶ֖ם עַמִּ֑י וְלַאֲחֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם רֻחָֽמָה׃",
"text": "*ʾimrû* to-*ʾaḥêkem* *ʿammî* and to-*ʾaḥôtêkem* *ruḥāmāh*.",
"grammar": {
"*ʾimrû*": "qal imperative, masculine, plural - say",
"*ʾaḥêkem*": "noun + pronominal suffix, 2nd plural, masculine - your brothers",
"*ʿammî*": "noun + pronominal suffix, 1st singular - my people",
"*ʾaḥôtêkem*": "noun + pronominal suffix, 2nd plural, masculine - your sisters",
"*ruḥāmāh*": "pual passive participle, feminine, singular - having obtained mercy"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾimrû*": "say/speak/call",
"*ʾaḥêkem*": "your brothers/kinsmen/fellow countrymen",
"*ʿammî*": "my people/my nation",
"*ʾaḥôtêkem*": "your sisters/female relatives",
"*ruḥāmāh*": "having obtained mercy/compassion/pity (literally 'she who has been shown compassion')"
}
}
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)"
}
}