Hosea 5:12 Go deeper
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Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. (KJV)
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וַאֲנִ֥יva.'a.Niand I
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 5:12 word 1
כָעָ֖שׁkha.'Ash[am] like <the> moth
Lemma: עָשׁ (ash) · Strong's: H6211A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: moth
Used 7 times. Also: Job 4:19, Job 13:28, Job 27:18, Psalms 39:11, Isaiah 50:9, Isaiah 51:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6211A; TAHOT Hosea 5:12 word 2
לְאֶפְרָ֑יִםle.'ef.Ra.yimto 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 5:12 word 3
וְכָרָקָ֖בve.kha.ra.Kavand like <the> rottenness
Lemma: רָקָב (ra.qav) · Strong's: H7538
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: rottenness
Used 5 times. Also: Job 13:28, Proverbs 12:4, Proverbs 14:30, Habakkuk 3:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7538; TAHOT Hosea 5:12 word 4
לְבֵ֥יתle.Veitto [the] house of
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004M
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: house: household
Used 664 times. Also: Genesis 7:1, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:15, Genesis 12:17, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 15:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004M; TAHOT Hosea 5:12 word 5
יְהוּדָֽה\׃ye.hu.DahJudah
Lemma: יְהוּדָה (ye.hu.dah) · Strong's: H3063G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Judah
Used 810 times. Also: Genesis 29:35, Genesis 35:23, Genesis 37:26, Genesis 38:1, Genesis 38:2, Genesis 38:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3063G; TAHOT Hosea 5:12 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| So I am | → | אֲנִי H0589 I |
| like a moth | → | עָשׁ H6211A moth |
| to Ephraim | → | אֶפְרַ֫יִם H0669G Ephraim |
| and like decay | → | רָקָב H7538 rottenness |
| to the house | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004M house: household |
| of Judah | → | יְהוּדָה H3063G Judah |
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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