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He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return. (KJV)
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לֹ֤אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Hosea 11:5 word 1
יָשׁוּב֙ya.Shuvhe will return
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to return: return
Used 621 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 8:3, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 14:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7725G; TAHOT Hosea 11:5 word 2
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Hosea 11:5 word 3
אֶ֣רֶץ'E.retz[the] land of
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Hosea 11:5 word 4
מִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgypt
Lemma: מִצְרַ֫יִם (mits.ra.yim) · Strong's: H4714G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Egypt
Used 630 times. Also: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 15:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4714G; TAHOT Hosea 11:5 word 5
וְאַשּׁ֖וּרve.'a.Shurand Assyria
Lemma: אַשּׁוּר (ash.shur) · Strong's: H0804G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Assyria
Used 149 times. Also: Genesis 2:14, Genesis 10:11, Genesis 25:18, Numbers 24:22, Numbers 24:24, 2 Kings 15:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0804G; TAHOT Hosea 11:5 word 6
ה֣וּאhu'it
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Hosea 11:5 word 7
מַלְכּ֑וֹmal.Ko[will be] king his
Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: king
Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT Hosea 11:5 word 8
כִּ֥יkifor
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Hosea 11:5 word 9
מֵאֲנ֖וּme.'a.Nuthey have refused
Lemma: מָאֵן (ma.en) · Strong's: H3985
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVpp3cp)
Meaning: to refuse
Used 41 times. Also: Genesis 37:35, Genesis 39:8, Genesis 48:19, Exodus 4:23, Exodus 7:14, Exodus 10:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3985; TAHOT Hosea 11:5 word 10
לָשֽׁוּב\׃la.Shuvto repent
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725O
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to return: repent
Used 81 times. Also: 1 Kings 8:35, 1 Kings 8:47, 1 Kings 8:48, 1 Kings 13:33, 2 Chronicles 6:24, 2 Chronicles 6:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7725O; TAHOT Hosea 11:5 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Will they not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| return | → | שׁוּב H7725G to return: return |
| to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| the land | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| of Egypt | → | מִצְרַ֫יִם H4714G Egypt |
| and be ruled | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| by Assyria | → | אַשּׁוּר H0804G Assyria |
| . . . | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| because | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| they refused | → | מָאֵן H3985 to refuse |
| to repent | → | שׁוּב H7725G to return: return |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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