Hosea 2:4 Go deeper
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And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms. (KJV)
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וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Hosea 2:4 word 1
בָּנֶ֖יהָba.Nei.hachildren her
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Hosea 2:4 word 2
לֹ֣אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Hosea 2:4 word 3
אֲרַחֵ֑ם'a.ra.ChemI will have compassion on
Lemma: רָחַם (ra.cham) · Strong's: H7355
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpi1cs)
Meaning: to have compassion
Used 47 times. Also: Exodus 33:19, Deuteronomy 13:17, Deuteronomy 30:3, 1 Kings 8:50, 2 Kings 13:23, Psalms 18:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7355; TAHOT Hosea 2:4 word 4
כִּֽי\־ki-for
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 2:4 word 5
בְנֵ֥יve.Nei[are] children of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Hosea 2:4 word 6
זְנוּנִ֖יםze.nu.Nimprostitution<s>
Lemma: זְנוּנִים (za.nun) · Strong's: H2183
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: fornication
Used 12 times. Also: Genesis 38:24, 2 Kings 9:22, Ezekiel 23:11, Ezekiel 23:29, Hosea 1:2, Hosea 2:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2183; TAHOT Hosea 2:4 word 7
הֵֽמָּה\׃He.mahthey
Lemma: הֵ֫מָּה (hem.mah) · Strong's: H1992
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Plural (HPp3mp)
Meaning: they(masc.)
Used 550 times. Also: Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:4, Genesis 7:14, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 14:24, Genesis 25:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1992; TAHOT Hosea 2:4 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I will have no | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| compassion | → | רָחַם H7355 to have compassion |
| on her children | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| because | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| they | → | הֵ֫מָּה H1992 they(masc.) |
| are the children | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| of adultery | → | זְנוּנִים H2183 fornication |
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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