Hosea 13:1 Go deeper
When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died. (KJV)
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כְּדַבֵּ֤רke.da.Berwhen spoke
Lemma: דָבַר (da.var) · Strong's: H1696G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVpcc)
Meaning: to speak: speak
Used 1056 times. Also: Genesis 8:15, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1696G; TAHOT Hosea 13:1 word 1
אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimEphraim
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 13:1 word 2
רְתֵ֔תre.Tettrembling
Lemma: רְתֵת (re.tet) · Strong's: H7578
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: trembling
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7578; TAHOT Hosea 13:1 word 3
נָשָׂ֥אna.Sa'he lifted up
Lemma: נָשָׂא (na.sa) · Strong's: H5375L
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to lift: exalt
Used 13 times. Also: Numbers 16:3, Numbers 24:7, 2 Samuel 5:12, 1 Kings 1:5, 1 Chronicles 14:2, 1 Chronicles 29:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5375L; TAHOT Hosea 13:1 word 4
ה֖וּאhu'he
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 13:1 word 5
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbe.Yis.ra.'Elin 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 13:1 word 6
וַיֶּאְשַׁ֥םvai.ye'.Shamand he became guilty
Lemma: אָשַׁם (a.sham) · Strong's: H0816
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: be guilty
Used 35 times. Also: Leviticus 4:13, Leviticus 4:22, Leviticus 4:27, Leviticus 5:2, Leviticus 5:3, Leviticus 5:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0816; TAHOT Hosea 13:1 word 7
בַּבַּ֖עַלba.Ba.'alby <the> Baal
Lemma: בַּעַל (ba.al) · Strong's: H1168A
Parsing: Noun · Title · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNtmsa)
Meaning: Baal
Used 76 times. Also: Judges 2:11, Judges 2:13, Judges 3:7, Judges 6:25, Judges 6:28, Judges 6:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1168A; TAHOT Hosea 13:1 word 8
וַיָּמֹֽת\׃vai.ya.Motand he died
Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to die
Used 837 times. Also: Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4191; TAHOT Hosea 13:1 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| When Ephraim | → | אֶפְרַ֫יִם H0669G Ephraim |
| spoke | → | דָבַר H1696G to speak: speak |
| there was trembling | → | רְתֵת H7578 trembling |
| he | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| was exalted | → | נָשָׂא H5375L to lift: exalt |
| in Israel | → | יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel |
| But he incurred guilt | → | אָשַׁם H0816 be guilty |
| through Baal | → | בַּעַל H1168A Baal |
| and he died | → | מוּת H4191 to die |
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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