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I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. (KJV)
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אֶרְפָּא֙'er.Pa'I will heal
Lemma: רָפָא (ra.pah) · Strong's: H7495
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
Meaning: to heal
Used 65 times. Also: Genesis 20:17, Genesis 50:2, Exodus 15:26, Exodus 21:19, Leviticus 13:18, Leviticus 13:37 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7495; TAHOT Hosea 14:4 word 1
מְשׁ֣וּבָתָ֔םme.Shu.va.Tamapostasy their
Lemma: מְשׁוּבָה (me.shu.vah) · Strong's: H4878
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: faithlessness
Used 11 times. Also: Proverbs 1:32, Jeremiah 2:19, Jeremiah 3:6, Jeremiah 3:8, Jeremiah 3:11, Jeremiah 3:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4878; TAHOT Hosea 14:4 word 2
אֹהֲבֵ֖ם'o.ha.VemI will love them
Lemma: אָהֵב (a.hav) · Strong's: H0157G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
Meaning: to love: lover
Used 196 times. Also: Genesis 22:2, Genesis 24:67, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:9, Genesis 27:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0157G; TAHOT Hosea 14:4 word 3
נְדָבָ֑הne.da.Vahvoluntariness
Lemma: נְדָבָה (ne.da.vah) · Strong's: H5071
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: voluntariness
Used 26 times. Also: Exodus 35:29, Exodus 36:3, Leviticus 7:16, Leviticus 22:18, Leviticus 22:21, Leviticus 22:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5071; TAHOT Hosea 14:4 word 4
כִּ֛יkifor
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 14:4 word 5
שָׁ֥בshavit has turned away
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to return: turn back
Used 90 times. Also: Genesis 27:44, Genesis 27:45, Exodus 32:12, Numbers 14:43, Numbers 23:20, Numbers 25:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7725I; TAHOT Hosea 14:4 word 6
אַפִּ֖י'a.Pianger my
Lemma: אַף (aph) · Strong's: H0639G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: face: anger
Used 225 times. Also: Genesis 27:45, Genesis 30:2, Genesis 39:19, Genesis 44:18, Genesis 49:6, Genesis 49:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0639G; TAHOT Hosea 14:4 word 7
מִמֶּֽנּוּ\׃mi.Me.nufrom him
Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: from
Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Hosea 14:4 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I will heal | → | רָפָא H7495 to heal |
| their apostasy | → | מְשׁוּבָה H4878 faithlessness |
| I will freely | → | נְדָבָה H5071 voluntariness |
| love them | → | אָהֵב H0157G to love: lover |
| for | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| My anger | → | אַף H0639G face: anger |
| has turned away | → | שׁוּב H7725I to return: turn back |
| from them | → | מִן־ H4480A from |
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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