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Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst. (KJV)

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פֶּן\־pen-lest

Lemma: פֶּן־ (pen) · Strong's: H6435

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: lest

Used 133 times. Also: Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 19:15, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6435; TAHOT Hosea 2:3 word 1

אַפְשִׁיטֶ֣נָּה'af.shi.Te.nahI should strip her

Lemma: פָּשַׁט (pa.shat) · Strong's: H6584

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhi1cs)

Meaning: to strip

Used 43 times. Also: Genesis 37:23, Leviticus 1:6, Leviticus 6:11, Leviticus 16:23, Numbers 20:26, Numbers 20:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6584; TAHOT Hosea 2:3 word 2

עֲרֻמָּ֔ה'a.ru.Mahnaked

Lemma: עָרוֹם (a.rom) · Strong's: H6174

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)

Meaning: naked

Used 16 times. Also: Genesis 2:25, 1 Samuel 19:24, Job 1:21, Job 22:6, Job 24:7, Job 24:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6174; TAHOT Hosea 2:3 word 3

וְהִ֨צַּגְתִּ֔יהָve.Hi.tzag.Ti.haand I will exhibit her

Lemma: יָצַג (ya.tsag) · Strong's: H3322

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhq1cs)

Meaning: to set

Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 30:38, Genesis 33:15, Genesis 43:9, Genesis 47:2, Exodus 10:24, Deuteronomy 28:56 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3322; TAHOT Hosea 2:3 word 4

כְּי֖וֹםke.Yomlike [the] day

Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: day

Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Hosea 2:3 word 5

הִוָּֽלְדָ֑הּhi.val.Dahwas born she

Lemma: יָלַד (ya.lad) · Strong's: H3205

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Infinitive · Construct (HVNcc)

Meaning: to beget

Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:18, Genesis 4:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3205; TAHOT Hosea 2:3 word 6

וְשַׂמְתִּ֣יהָve.sam.Ti.haand I will make her

Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqq1cs)

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 2:3 word 7

כַמִּדְבָּ֗רkha.mid.Barlike <the> wilderness

Lemma: מִדְבָּר (mid.bar) · Strong's: H4057B

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

Meaning: wilderness

Used 269 times. Also: Genesis 14:6, Genesis 16:7, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 21:20, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 36:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4057B; TAHOT Hosea 2:3 word 8

וְשַׁתִּ֙הָ֙ve.sha.Ti.haand I will make her

Lemma: שִׁית (shit) · Strong's: H7896G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqq1cs)

Meaning: to set: make

Used 47 times. Also: Genesis 30:40, Genesis 41:33, Exodus 10:1, Exodus 21:22, Exodus 21:30, Exodus 23:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7896G; TAHOT Hosea 2:3 word 9

כְּאֶ֣רֶץke.'E.retzlike a land

Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: land: country/planet

Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Hosea 2:3 word 10

צִיָּ֔הtzi.Yahdry

Lemma: צִיָּה (tsiy.yah) · Strong's: H6723

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

Meaning: dryness

Used 16 times. Also: Job 24:19, Job 30:3, Psalms 63:1, Psalms 78:17, Psalms 105:41, Psalms 107:35 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6723; TAHOT Hosea 2:3 word 11

וַהֲמִתִּ֖יהָva.ha.mi.Ti.haand I should make die her

Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhq1cs)

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 2:3 word 12

בַּצָּמָֽא\׃ba.tza.Ma'with <the> thirst

Lemma: צָמָא (tsa.ma) · Strong's: H6772

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

Meaning: thirst

Used 17 times. Also: Exodus 17:3, Deuteronomy 28:48, Judges 15:18, 2 Chronicles 32:11, Nehemiah 9:15, Nehemiah 9:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6772; TAHOT Hosea 2:3 word 13

How the BSB renders it

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

Otherwise	→	פֶּן־ H6435 lest
I will strip her	→	פָּשַׁט H6584 to strip
naked	→	עָרוֹם H6174 naked
and expose her	→	יָצַג H3322 to set
like the day	→	יוֹם H3117G day
of her birth	→	יָלַד H3205 to beget
I will make her	→	שׂוּם H7760A to set: make
like a desert	→	מִדְבָּר H4057B wilderness
and turn her into	→	שִׁית H7896G to set: make
a parched	→	צִיָּה H6723 dryness
land	→	אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet
and I will let her die	→	מוּת H4191 to die
of thirst	→	צָמָא H6772 thirst

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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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