Hosea 1:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר קְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ לֹ֣א עַמִּ֑י כִּ֤י אַתֶּם֙ לֹ֣א עַמִּ֔י וְאָנֹכִ֖י לֹֽא־אֶהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶֽם׃ ס

Transliteration

And-yōʾmer qərāʾ šəmô Lōʾ ʿAmmî for you not ʿammî and-ʾānōkî not-ʾehyeh to-you. [section mark]

Grammar Details

*yōʾmer*: qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
*qərāʾ*: qal imperative, masculine singular - call
*šəmô*: masculine singular noun with 3ms suffix - his name
*Lōʾ ʿAmmî*: proper noun - Lo-Ammi (Not My People)
*ʿammî*: masculine singular noun with 1cs suffix - my people
*ʾānōkî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
*ʾehyeh*: qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will be

Word Meanings

*Lōʾ ʿAmmî*: Not My People
*ʾānōkî*: emphatic 'I'

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 15:1 : 1 Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

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