Hosea 14:5 Go deeper

I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. (KJV)

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אֶהְיֶ֤ה'eh.YehI will be

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Hosea 14:5 word 1

כַטַּל֙kha.Tallike the dew

Lemma: טַל (tal) · Strong's: H2919

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: dew

Used 31 times. Also: Genesis 27:28, Genesis 27:39, Exodus 16:13, Exodus 16:14, Numbers 11:9, Deuteronomy 32:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2919; TAHOT Hosea 14:5 word 2

לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לle.Yis.ra.'Elto 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 14:5 word 3

יִפְרַ֖חyif.Rachit will blossom

Lemma: פָּרַח (pa.rach) · Strong's: H6524A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to sprout

Used 25 times. Also: Genesis 40:10, Leviticus 13:57, Numbers 17:5, Numbers 17:8, Job 14:9, Psalms 72:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6524A; TAHOT Hosea 14:5 word 4

כַּשּֽׁוֹשַׁנָּ֑הka.sho.sha.Nahlike <the> lily

Lemma: שׁוּשַׁן (shu.shan) · Strong's: H7799

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: lily

Used 17 times. Also: 1 Kings 7:19, 1 Kings 7:22, 1 Kings 7:26, 2 Chronicles 4:5, Psalms 45:0, Psalms 60:0 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7799; TAHOT Hosea 14:5 word 5

וְיַ֥ךְve.Yakhand it may strike

Lemma: נָכָה (na.khah) · Strong's: H5221

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhj3ms)

Meaning: to smite

Used 499 times. Also: Genesis 4:15, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:7, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 14:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5221; TAHOT Hosea 14:5 word 6

שָׁרָשָׁ֖יוsha.ra.Shavroots its

Lemma: שֹׁ֫רֶשׁ (she.resh) · Strong's: H8328

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: root

Used 33 times. Also: Deuteronomy 29:18, Judges 5:14, 2 Kings 19:30, Job 8:17, Job 13:27, Job 14:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8328; TAHOT Hosea 14:5 word 7

כַּלְּבָנֽוֹן\׃ka.le.va.Nonlike <the> Lebanon

Lemma: לְבָנוֹן (le.va.non) · Strong's: H3844G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Lebanon

Used 63 times. Also: Deuteronomy 1:7, Deuteronomy 3:25, Deuteronomy 11:24, Joshua 1:4, Joshua 9:1, Joshua 13:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3844G; TAHOT Hosea 14:5 word 8

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

I will be	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
like the dew	→	טַל H2919 dew
to Israel	→	יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel
he will blossom	→	פָּרַח H6524A to sprout
like the lily	→	שׁוּשַׁן H7799 lily
and take	→	נָכָה H5221 to smite
root	→	שֹׁ֫רֶשׁ H8328 root
like the cedars of Lebanon	→	לְבָנוֹן H3844G Lebanon

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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