Hosea 3:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָאֶכְּרֶ֣הָ לִּ֔י בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר כָּ֑סֶף וְחֹ֥מֶר שְׂעֹרִ֖ים וְלֵ֥תֶךְ שְׂעֹרִֽים׃

Transliteration

And-wāʾekkəreh for-me in-fifteen kāsep and-ḥōmer śəʿōrîm and-lētek śəʿōrîm.

Grammar Details

*wāʾekkəreh*: qal imperfect consecutive with 3rd feminine singular suffix, 1st common singular - and I bought/acquired her
*kāsep*: noun, masculine singular - silver/money
*ḥōmer*: noun, masculine singular - homer (unit of dry measure)
*śəʿōrîm*: noun, feminine plural - barley
*lētek*: noun, masculine singular - lethech (unit of dry measure, half a homer)

Word Meanings

*wāʾekkəreh*: I bought her/I acquired her/I hired her
*kāsep*: silver/money/shekels of silver
*ḥōmer*: homer (approximately 220-400 liters)
*lētek*: lethech (approximately 110-200 liters)

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Referenced Verses

Lev 27:16 : 16 And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
Ezek 45:11 : 11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
1 Sam 18:25 : 25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
Isa 5:10 : 10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
Gen 31:41 : 41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
Gen 34:12 : 12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
Exod 22:17 : 17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

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