Hosea 14:8 Go deeper
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Ephraim shall say , What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him , and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found. (KJV)
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אֶפְרַ֕יִם'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 14:8 word 1
מַה\־mah-what?
Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: what?
Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Hosea 14:8 word 2
ע֖וֹדodagain
Lemma: עוֹד (od) · Strong's: H5750
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAcmsa)
Meaning: still
Used 489 times. Also: Genesis 4:25, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 8:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5750; TAHOT Hosea 14:8 word 3
לָֽעֲצַבִּ֑יםla.'a.tza.Bimto <the> idols
Lemma: עָצָב (a.tsav) · Strong's: H6091
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: idol
Used 17 times. Also: 1 Samuel 31:9, 2 Samuel 5:21, 1 Chronicles 10:9, 2 Chronicles 24:18, Psalms 106:36, Psalms 106:38 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6091; TAHOT Hosea 14:8 word 4
אֲנִ֧י'a.NiI
Lemma: אֲנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H0589
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)
Meaning: I
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0589; TAHOT Hosea 14:8 word 5
עָנִ֣יתִי'a.Ni.tiI will answer
Lemma: עָנָה (a.nah) · Strong's: H6030B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to answer
Used 314 times. Also: Genesis 18:27, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:14, Genesis 24:50, Genesis 27:37 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6030B; TAHOT Hosea 14:8 word 6
וַאֲשׁוּרֶ֗נּוּva.'a.shu.Re.nuand I will watch over it
Lemma: שׁוּר (shur) · Strong's: H7789
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqu1cs)
Meaning: to see
Used 15 times. Also: Numbers 23:9, Numbers 24:17, Job 7:8, Job 17:15, Job 20:9, Job 24:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7789; TAHOT Hosea 14:8 word 7
אֲנִי֙'a.NiI
Lemma: אֲנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H0589
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)
Meaning: I
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0589; TAHOT Hosea 14:8 word 8
כִּבְר֣וֹשׁkiv.Ro.osh[am] like a cypress tree
Lemma: בְּרוֹשׁ (be.rosh) · Strong's: H1265
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: cypress
Used 20 times. Also: 2 Samuel 6:5, 1 Kings 5:8, 1 Kings 5:10, 1 Kings 6:15, 1 Kings 6:34, 1 Kings 9:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1265; TAHOT Hosea 14:8 word 9
רַֽעֲנָ֔ןra.'a.Nanluxuriant
Lemma: רַעֲנָן (ra.a.nan) · Strong's: H7488B
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: luxuriant
Used 19 times. Also: Deuteronomy 12:2, 1 Kings 14:23, 2 Kings 16:4, 2 Kings 17:10, 2 Chronicles 28:4, Psalms 37:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7488B; TAHOT Hosea 14:8 word 10
מִמֶּ֖נִּיmi.Me.nifrom me
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 14:8 word 11
פֶּרְיְךָ֥per.ye.Khafruit your
Lemma: פְּרִי (pe.ri) · Strong's: H6529
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: fruit
Used 119 times. Also: Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6529; TAHOT Hosea 14:8 word 12
נִמְצָֽא\׃nim.Tza'it is found
Lemma: מָצָא (ma.tsa) · Strong's: H4672
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNp3ms)
Meaning: to find
Used 453 times. Also: Genesis 2:20, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 11:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4672; TAHOT Hosea 14:8 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| O Ephraim | → | אֶפְרַ֫יִם H0669G Ephraim |
| what | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| have I to do | → | |
| anymore | → | עוֹד H5750 still |
| with idols | → | עָצָב H6091 idol |
| It is I | → | אֲנִי H0589 I |
| who answer | → | עָנָה H6030B to answer |
| and watch over him | → | שׁוּר H7789 to see |
| I [am] like | → | אֲנִי H0589 I |
| a flourishing | → | רַעֲנָן H7488B luxuriant |
| cypress | → | בְּרוֹשׁ H1265 cypress |
| your fruit | → | פְּרִי H6529 fruit |
| comes | → | מָצָא H4672 to find |
| from Me | → | 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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