Hosea 10:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶפְרַ֜יִם עֶגְלָ֤ה מְלֻמָּדָה֙ אֹהַ֣בְתִּי לָד֔וּשׁ וַאֲנִ֣י עָבַ֔רְתִּי עַל־ט֖וּב צַוָּארָ֑הּ אַרְכִּ֤יב אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ יַחֲר֣וֹשׁ יְהוּדָ֔ה יְשַׂדֶּד־ל֖וֹ יַעֲקֹֽב׃

Transliteration

And ʾEprayim [is] ʿeglāh məlummādāh loving lādûš; and I ʿābartî upon ṭûb her ṣawwāʾrāh; I will ʾarkîb ʾEprayim, yaḥărôš Yəhûdāh, yəśaddēd to him Yaʿăqōb.

Grammar Details

*ʾEprayim*: proper noun - Ephraim
*ʿeglāh*: noun, feminine, singular - heifer
*məlummādāh*: participle, Pual, feminine, singular - trained
*lādûš*: preposition + verb, Qal, infinitive construct - to thresh
*ʿābartî*: verb, Qal, perfect, 1st person, singular - I passed over
*ṭûb*: noun, masculine, singular construct - goodness of
*ṣawwāʾrāh*: noun, masculine, singular with 3rd person, feminine, singular suffix - her neck
*ʾarkîb*: verb, Hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, singular - I will cause to ride/put a yoke upon
*yaḥărôš*: verb, Qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - he will plow
*Yəhûdāh*: proper noun - Judah
*yəśaddēd*: verb, Piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - he will harrow
*Yaʿăqōb*: proper noun - Jacob

Word Meanings

*ʿābartî*: I passed over/I placed upon
*ʾarkîb*: I will cause to ride/put a yoke upon/make to plow

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Referenced Verses

Hos 4:16 : 16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
Deut 25:4 : 4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
Jer 50:11 : 11 Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;
Hos 2:5 : 5 For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
Hos 3:1 : 1 Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.
2 Chr 28:5-8 : 5 Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter. 6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. 7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king. 8 And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
Isa 28:24 : 24 Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
Hos 9:1 : 1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.
Hos 11:4 : 4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
Rom 16:18 : 18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

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