Hosea 5:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּ֨רְא אֶפְרַ֜יִם אֶת־חָלְי֗וֹ וִֽיהוּדָה֙ אֶת־מְזֹר֔וֹ וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ אֶל־אַשּׁ֔וּר וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ יָרֵ֑ב וְה֗וּא לֹ֤א יוּכַל֙ לִרְפֹּ֣א לָכֶ֔ם וְלֹֽא־יִגְהֶ֥ה מִכֶּ֖ם מָזֽוֹר׃

Transliteration

Wayyarə ʾEp̄rayim ʾeṯ-ḥālyô wî-Yəhûḏâ ʾeṯ-məzōrô, wayyēleḵ ʾEp̄rayim to-ʾAššûr wayyišlaḥ to-meleḵ yārēḇ; wə-he not yûḵal to-heal to-you, wə-not-yiḡhê from-you māzôr.

Grammar Details

*wayyarə*: imperfect, consecutive, qal, 3rd person masculine singular - and he saw
*ʾEp̄rayim*: proper noun - Ephraim
*ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
*ḥālyô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his sickness
*wî*: conjunction - and
*Yəhûḏâ*: proper noun - Judah
*məzōrô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his wound
*wayyēleḵ*: imperfect, consecutive, qal, 3rd person masculine singular - and he went
*ʾAššûr*: proper noun - Assyria
*wayyišlaḥ*: imperfect, consecutive, qal, 3rd person masculine singular - and he sent
*meleḵ*: noun, masculine singular construct - king of
*yārēḇ*: proper noun or participle - Jareb/contentious one
*wə*: conjunction - and
*yûḵal*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he is able
*yiḡhê*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will remove/cure
*māzôr*: noun, masculine singular - wound/infection

Word Meanings

*ḥālyô*: his sickness/his disease/his illness
*məzōrô*: his wound/his sore/his infection
*yārēḇ*: Jareb (proper name)/contentious/warrior/one who contends
*yûḵal*: he is able/he can/he has power
*yiḡhê*: he will remove/he will cure/he will heal
*māzôr*: wound/infection/sore

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Referenced Verses

Hos 7:11 : 11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Hos 10:6 : 6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
Hos 12:1 : 1 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
Hos 8:9 : 9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
Jer 30:12 : 12 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
2 Kgs 15:19 : 19 And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
Jer 30:14-15 : 14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased. 15 Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.
2 Kgs 15:29 : 29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
2 Kgs 16:7 : 7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.
2 Chr 28:16-18 : 16 At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him. 17 For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives. 18 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.
2 Chr 28:20-21 : 20 And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not. 21 For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not.
Hos 14:3 : 3 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
Mic 1:9 : 9 For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Hos 5:11-12
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11Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
12Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
Jer 30:12-15
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12For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
13There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.
14All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
15Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.
Hos 5:14-15
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14For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
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Mic 1:9
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9For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
2 Chr 22:6
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6And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick.
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5Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
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Isa 7:17
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17The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.
2 Kgs 8:28-29
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28And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
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Hos 10:6
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6It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
Jer 14:19
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19Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
Nah 3:19
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19There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
Hos 7:1
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1When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.
Jer 30:17
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17For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
Hos 11:3
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Hos 6:1
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1Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
Hos 7:11
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Hos 11:5
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5He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
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5And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.
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5Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
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Isa 11:13
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13The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
Isa 57:18
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18I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
Hos 13:9
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9O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
2 Kgs 19:11
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11Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
2 Kgs 9:15
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15But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.
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11Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
Hos 12:14
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14Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
Deut 28:27
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27The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
Hos 5:9
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9Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
2 Chr 34:26
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26And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard;
2 Kgs 22:18
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Jer 51:9
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