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How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. (KJV)
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אֵ֞יךְ'eikhhow?
Lemma: אֵיךְ (ekh) · Strong's: H0349A
Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)
Meaning: how?
Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 26:9, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 44:8, Genesis 44:34, Exodus 6:12, Exodus 6:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0349A; TAHOT Hosea 11:8 word 1
אֶתֶּנְךָ֣'e.ten.Khawill I give up you
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
Meaning: to give: give
Used 1312 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 9:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414G; TAHOT Hosea 11:8 word 2
אֶפְרַ֗יִם'ef.Ra.yimO Ephraim
Lemma: אֶפְרַ֫יִם (eph.ra.yim) · Strong's: H0669G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Ephraim
Used 173 times. Also: Genesis 41:52, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 48:1, Genesis 48:5, Genesis 48:13, Genesis 48:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0669G; TAHOT Hosea 11:8 word 3
אֲמַגֶּנְךָ֙'a.ma.gen.Khawill I deliver up? you
Lemma: מָגַן (ma.gan) · Strong's: H4042
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpi1cs)
Meaning: to deliver
Used 3 times. Also: Genesis 14:20, Proverbs 4:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4042; TAHOT Hosea 11:8 word 4
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElO Israel
Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל (yis.ra.el) · Strong's: H3478
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Israel
Used 2504 times. Also: Genesis 32:28, Genesis 32:32, Genesis 34:7, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 35:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3478; TAHOT Hosea 11:8 word 5
אֵ֚יךְ'eikhhow?
Lemma: אֵיךְ (ekh) · Strong's: H0349A
Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)
Meaning: how?
Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 26:9, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 44:8, Genesis 44:34, Exodus 6:12, Exodus 6:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0349A; TAHOT Hosea 11:8 word 6
אֶתֶּנְךָ֣'e.ten.Khawill I make you
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
Meaning: to give: make
Used 128 times. Also: Genesis 9:12, Genesis 17:2, Genesis 17:5, Genesis 17:6, Genesis 17:20, Genesis 42:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414I; TAHOT Hosea 11:8 word 7
כְאַדְמָ֔הkhe.'ad.Mahlike Admah
Lemma: אַדְמָה (ad.mah) · Strong's: H0126
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Admah
Used 5 times. Also: Genesis 10:19, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:8, Deuteronomy 29:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0126; TAHOT Hosea 11:8 word 8
אֲשִֽׂימְךָ֖'a.si.me.Khawill I make? you
Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
Meaning: to set: make
Used 272 times. Also: Genesis 6:16, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 21:13, Genesis 21:18, Genesis 27:37, Genesis 28:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7760A; TAHOT Hosea 11:8 word 9
כִּצְבֹאיִ֑םkitz.vo.Yimlike Zeboiim
Lemma: צְבֹיִים (tse.vo.im) · Strong's: H6636
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Zeboiim
Used 2 times. Also: Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6636; TAHOT Hosea 11:8 word 10
נֶהְפַּ֤ךְneh.Pakhit has been changed
Lemma: הָפַךְ (ha.phakh) · Strong's: H2015
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNp3ms)
Meaning: to overturn
Used 94 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 19:21, Genesis 19:25, Genesis 19:29, Exodus 7:15, Exodus 7:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2015; TAHOT Hosea 11:8 word 11
עָלַי֙'a.Laion me
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Hosea 11:8 word 12
לִבִּ֔יli.Biheart my
Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: heart
Used 593 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3820A; TAHOT Hosea 11:8 word 13
יַ֖חַדYa.chadtogether
Lemma: יַ֫חַד (ya.chad) · Strong's: H3162A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: unitedness
Used 43 times. Also: Deuteronomy 33:5, 1 Samuel 11:11, 1 Samuel 17:10, 2 Samuel 10:15, 2 Samuel 14:16, 2 Samuel 21:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3162A; TAHOT Hosea 11:8 word 14
נִכְמְר֥וּnikh.me.Ruthey have grown warm
Lemma: כָּמַר (ka.mar) · Strong's: H3648
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNp3cp)
Meaning: to grow warm
Used 4 times. Also: Genesis 43:30, 1 Kings 3:26, Lamentations 5:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3648; TAHOT Hosea 11:8 word 15
נִחוּמָֽי\׃ni.chu.Maicompassions my
Lemma: נִחוּם (ni.chum) · Strong's: H5150
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: comfort
Used 3 times. Also: Isaiah 57:18, Zechariah 1:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5150; TAHOT Hosea 11:8 word 16
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| How | → | אֵיךְ H0349A how? |
| could I give you up | → | נָתַן H5414G to give: give |
| O Ephraim | → | אֶפְרַ֫יִם H0669G Ephraim |
| How could I surrender you | → | מָגַן H4042 to deliver |
| O Israel | → | יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel |
| How | → | אֵיךְ H0349A how? |
| could I make | → | נָתַן H5414G to give: give |
| you like Admah | → | אַדְמָה H0126 Admah |
| How could I treat | → | שׂוּם H7760A to set: make |
| you like Zeboiim | → | צְבֹיִים H6636 Zeboiim |
| My heart | → | לֵב H3820A heart |
| is turned | → | הָפַךְ H2015 to overturn |
| within Me | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| My compassion | → | נִחוּם H5150 comfort |
| is stirred | → | כָּמַר H3648 to grow warm |
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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