Hosea 6:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנֵדְעָ֣ה נִרְדְּפָ֗ה לָדַ֙עַת֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה כְּשַׁ֖חַר נָכ֣וֹן מֽוֹצָא֑וֹ וְיָב֤וֹא כַגֶּ֙שֶׁם֙ לָ֔נוּ כְּמַלְק֖וֹשׁ י֥וֹרֶה אָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

And-nēḏә'āh nirdәp̄āh to-lāḏa'aṯ ʾeṯ-YHWH; like-šaḥar nāḵôn môṣāʾô, and-yāḇôʾ like-the-gešem to-us, like-malqôš yôreh ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

• *nēḏә'āh*: cohortative, 1st person plural - let us know
• *nirdәp̄āh*: cohortative, 1st person plural - let us pursue
• *lāḏa'aṯ*: infinitive construct with preposition - to know
• *ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
• *šaḥar*: noun, masculine singular - dawn
• *nāḵôn*: Niphal participle, masculine singular - established/fixed
• *môṣāʾô*: noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his going forth
• *yāḇôʾ*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will come
• *gešem*: noun, masculine singular - rain/shower
• *malqôš*: noun, masculine singular - latter rain/spring rain
• *yôreh*: Hiphil participle - waters/gives early rain to
• *ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - earth/land

Word Meanings

• *šaḥar*: dawn/morning/daybreak
• *nāḵôn*: established/fixed/certain
• *môṣāʾô*: his going forth/his appearance/his rising
• *gešem*: rain/shower/downpour
• *malqôš*: latter rain/spring rain (March-April)
• *yôreh*: early rain/autumn rain/teaches

Referenced Verses

• Ps 72:6 : 6 He shall come down{H8799)} like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
• Prov 2:1-5 : 1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
• Acts 17:11 : 11 {G1161} These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
• Phil 3:13-15 : 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
• Mic 4:2 : 2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
• Mic 5:2 : 2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
• Mic 5:7 : 7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
• Zech 10:1 : 1 Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
• Mal 4:2 : 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
• Matt 13:11 : 11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
• Luke 1:78 : 78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
• John 7:17 : 17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
• John 17:3 : 3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
• Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
• Isa 5:6 : 6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
• Isa 32:15 : 15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
• Isa 44:3 : 3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
• Isa 54:13 : 13 And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
• Jer 24:7 : 7 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
• Ezek 36:25 : 25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
• Hos 2:20 : 20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.
• Hos 10:12 : 12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
• Hos 14:5 : 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
• Joel 2:23-24 : 23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. 24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.
• Heb 3:14 : 14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
• 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
• Rev 22:16 : 16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
• Deut 32:2 : 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
• 2 Sam 23:4 : 4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
• Job 29:23 : 23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
• Ps 19:4 : 4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
• Ps 65:9 : 9 Thou visitest{H8804)} the earth, and waterest{H8787)} it: thou greatly enrichest{H8686)} it with the river of God, which is full{H8804)} of water: thou preparest{H8686)} them corn, when thou hast so provided{H8686)} for it.